I don't have any problem with using tools like AdBlock to prevent obtrusive ads from appearing on whatever random website I click through. It's easy to disable AdBlock on websites that have legitimate, inoffensive advertisements (Slashdot, for example, and webcomics, although many of the ads on those sites are customized by their site owners and thus slip through either way); I don't see why there's any problem with blocking ads on websites that have unpleasant advertisements (especially when using a computer in a public place where children seeing bad ads can be a problem). Once websites began putting borderline-pornographic ads for "dating" websites on the edges of pages they lost any right to have users support their "business model."
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I don't have any problem with using tools like AdBlock to prevent obtrusive ads from appearing on whatever random website I click through. It's easy to disable AdBlock on websites that have legitimate, inoffensive advertisements (Slashdot, for example, and webcomics, although many of the ads on those sites are customized by their site owners and thus slip through either way); I don't see why there's any problem with blocking ads on websites that have unpleasant advertisements (especially when using a computer in a public place where children seeing bad ads can be a problem). Once websites began putting borderline-pornographic ads for "dating" websites on the edges of pages they lost any right to have users support their "business model."
You seem to think people will only act maliciously if there's something to be gained. I can't imagine why one would think that.