"Until the day that adverts on the internet are at least unobtrusive and guaranteed not to be malicious, I am continuing to use adblockers. Banner ads along the top or sides, such as El Reg uses, are OK to me, as I can tune them out and the site probably wouldn't be here without them."
Then you'll be doing it for the rest of your days, I'm afraid. The main reason ad slingers stopped using them is because people tended to ignore them. It's like with much else ad-based. Eventually, the common man is able to tune it out. Been known for over a century. So the ad people have no choice but to be more ostentatious in order to court a jaded audience.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
