Blocking ads is ethical

If blocking ads on YouTube is unethical, then are you going to tell me that its unethical to watch YouTube videos from my IPhone or Ipad, or how about from a gaming console. If you watch YouTube from any of these devices, everyone loses out on ad revenue. If you watch YouTube videos on your Ipad or IPhone the ads are blocked automatically even without an adblocker. If you really want to support someone on YouTube, then you will need to watch video from your PC, Mac, or laptop and have your Adblock disabled. A lot of people don't even realize this, so even if ads still ran on your device, everyone still loses out on ad revenue, unless your watching from a PC, Laptop, or Mac. A lot of people watch YouTube videos on their mobile device or Ipad. I use my IPhone and Ipad 75% of the time, are you going to tell me that I am being unfair just because I Choose to watch youtube videos on my IPhone and Ipad? Adblock isn't the only way to block ads. I can also employ techniques such as running no script, open DNS servers, or using a text only browser. Are you also going to start telling me what browser And DNS settings I should use. Malvertising is becoming a really big problem even for the mainstream sites. I never said that all websites are sources of malware. I will say that Malvertising has become the number one vector for malware. Let me ask you a question, "If someone you knew gave you a USB device, would you just plug the USB in your PC or laptop and trust that the drive did not infect your PC or laptop, or would you take precautions, so that you don't get infected." A friend or co worker may not even know that their device is infected and if your not careful the malware will infect your system. I would hope you would handle the USB device with extreme care. If you don't think that Malvertising can happen to main stream websites, then think again. http://news.softpedia.com... You offered some solutions and most of these solutions are ineffective. Most Antivirus products and firewall products on the market are not going to protect you from drive by downloads, or zero day exploits. The only solution here is to run my browser in the sandbox, but then again malware can sometimes break out of the sandbox. I can sue the websites if my system or device get infected. This is obviously ineffective for several reasons. It's almost impossible to prove in court. Suing a website, publisher, or ad network would be like calling the police because I got infected with ransomware. You also mentioned not visiting websites that contain intrusive or embeds malware in their ads. I have left many websites because I was not happy with their ads. I have left sites like Facebook, refuse to use Google when ever possible, and even switched to IPhone. The problem is everyone wants free stuff, but its not really free. Android is more popular then Apple because you can download just about any App for free. The only problem with that is, the apps really aren't free not by a long shot. Most people don't even bother to read the dangerous permissions that come with these free apps. Some of these permissions can be turned off, but most of them cannot, unless of course you download the privacy X app which requires the phone to be rooted. This brings me to my next point; If I did this am I also being unfair. Would you say that I am stealing from the Google Play store, or the App developer, just because I don't like the dangerous permissions that I am forced to accept. People love everything for free and that's the problem, why do you think Microsoft was so eager to give everyone Windows 10 for free? The old saying goes, "If your not paying for it, then your the product." The real question is, when is the goverment and the FCC going to step in and regulate online advertising. If I can't rely on my own goverment and the FCC to protect me from aggressive advertising, then what recourse do I have other then to block ads.