Ads are a security hazard themselves and a vector for malware, and people have gotten infected from the Forbes site without adblocking, so yeah, it's a risk. USUALLY the site / developer will report that it's adware so you can make that choice, which makes it slightly less unethical.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Do you have any examples?

Its really bad if apps that are allowed on established software hosts modify other apps to put ads in them

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Do you remember the bad old days when you'd go to someone's house and their browser would be unusable because it had so many toolbars installed? That was often from legit sites bundling crap into installers for software they hosted.