Somewhere along the line the value exchange between advertisers, publishers, and consumers got lost and now consumers use ad blockers, those that don’t get their personal data vacuumed up, and publishers throw up pay walls and somehow everyone loses.
@mtsw.bsky.socialeveryone — consumers, publishers, writers — would wind up better off if web browser ad-blockers didn't exist and the rationalizations for using one are mostly clever justifications for what's just selfish behavior with obvious negative social consequences.