I'm not trying to block ads on CivitAI. I actually like the ads. I like that we are rewarded for them.
Lets be clear. I support ads on CivitAI. Nothing in this article should be interpreted as a protest against Ads.
However, I hate 3rd party trackers, and I'm blocking them. For many websites this does not change the ads or the flow of the site. !!UNLESS!!, the website or the advertiser ties its ads to 3rd party trackers. Then the ads get blocked.
I don't like this. CivitAI shouldn't like this. The users should not like this.
Further Reading is available here. https://privacybadger.org/#Why-does-Privacy-Badger-block-ads
And no, paying for the "ad free experience" on CivitAI does not solve this issue, because the trackers are still on the website, they're still being loaded in the background. They shouldn't be.
To avoid this being a long winded rant, I'm going to end this here. I'd like some feedback.
Let's try to keep this Civil.