I'm guessing that this is the page for off-topic subjects since it's simply "Talk." Please forgive me if I'm mistaken. When I first heard of Adblock, people didn't appreciate it for hiding advertisements. They were concerned that websites would be destroyed if they didn't get the revenue they needed from them. Yet now, blocking ads seems to be the Internet norm.

Looking at this report from PageFair, it looks like ad-blockers are becoming a convienience rather than a problem: https://pagefair.com/blog/2015/ad-blocking-report/

There could be a solution that would make this less harmful. I have Adblock Plus (so it may be a different story for others) which automatically berids ads with every website I visit. Ads can reappear if so desired. But what if that was reversed? What if Adblock Plus was automatically disabled, but enabled if so desired? That way, people would make a choice whether they wanted ads or not. Being already enabled could make users uninterested to think about it further. If they saw the difference for themselves, maybe they wouldn't.

Using adblocker is a way to avoid a large amount of timewaste. For example, on Twitch, there are ads. Unless you are partnered on Twitch, all the ads are reversed to Twitch, not the streamer itself. So I don't see why I would purposely watch ads. If you want to support Twitch, you can buy Turbo, bits ... etc

@PacK

That's a somewhat inaccurate comparison, as watching ads would be a free way to support Twitch, while going turbo and using bits cost money.

I use Adblock, but disabled it for this site because it deserves it

My/Anyone's support for a community shouldn't be defined strictly by the choice to use (or not) an AdBlocker. I chose not to be hounded by ads for whatever they're peddling, and instead enjoy the content being presented. I have subbed to Twitch streamers in the past, and would gladly donate as well. Ads are a huge time waste and it forces you into gimicky things like Twitch Turbo.

I would never disable an adblocker for the whole of Twitch. Possibly for partnered streamers I enjoy but am not subbed to, since they get a cut of the ad revenue. If I'm subbed, I'm already supporting them (and a recent change officially disables ads for subscribing viewers in any case), and if they're not partners, they don't get a dime anyway.

What also bugs me is that some websites advertise despite the use of an ad-blocker.