In reply to Removed User:
> Everyone on here saying that we shouldn't block ads here simply doesn't know how ad revenue works. If you're not clicking the ads there's no point having them displayed. There's no revenue gained from ad loads, it's entirely based on clicks.
If you're going to lecture people from a position of superiority, you probably ought to check your facts. SOME adverts are pay-per-click, some are pay-per-view (and I'd imagine other payment schemes and variations on those basic principles are being used as well).
I'm not sure what deals UKC has but I'd be very surprised if blockers didn't cost them money. At the very least, it would have an indirect effect on their income but I suspect it's quite direct.
I question their stance of blocking forum discussions about the topic, mostly because it evidently doesn't work! Having said that, they're clearly well within their rights to try it and the motivation is pretty clear and pretty reasonable.
Their actual stance when people visit the site with a blocker turned on is actually pretty reasonable (or was last time I saw it, before disabling my blocker for this site). They simply replace the adverts with a subtle and polite request to disable the blocker. No attempt to lock you out of the site as some others do.
For the record, I use ublock origin and will do until the advertisers collectively find a way to stop malware delivery mechanisms sneaking into their ad deliveries. UKC only seems to host targeted ads from outdoor manufacturers through their own delivery mechanism so I'm happy to unblock them.