User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/Making Ads Better: The Basics/@comment-3474542-20170119194010/@comment-3474542-20170125230655

I'm not advocating any particular website or adblocking software. I used the term "Acceptable Ads" as a generic term, not as an endorsement of that website.

Some ad blocking software actually displays the "holes" where the add they block were at. Some ad blockers replace video/animated ads with text only ads from the same provider.

Abandonware exists in all fields, I'm not sure why you're singling out ad blockers.

I have yet to see an advertiser taking financial responsibility for damaging a user's computer.