...if a) they didn't slow down loading; and b) they didn't have tons of data-gathering and tracking attached to them.

Which is, indeed, sort of the same thing.

But, yeah.

A "flat" ad that takes up little screen real estate doesn't bother me much. I'd leave them, but I need the blockers to keep the nasty ones at bay.

wearily,
Bright

also leaves it vulnerable to serving up malware infested ads.

I get a scummy site like drudgereport, but when perfectly normal sites like weather.com have malware injected, the process is broken.

http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/08/my-browser-visited-drudgereport-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-malware/

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and custom Hosts file is a frikkin' NIGHTMARE. Without them I'd chuck all my devices from the top of 1 World Trade and buy an encyclopedia, no joke

It does not slow down loading and it's wonderful to not see ads.