Yeah, but newspaper ads weren't specifically targeted at you, and they were mostly full of the information you'd get directly from the source today - what movies are showing, at what time, or what hours that restaurant is open, or where the nearest "massage" place is. On that last one, the newspapers even did ads disguised as news stories. "Oh, good citizens, run far away from this desperate house of ill repute located at 123 Main Street, where just this past weekend the police found evidence of crimes against morality being committed. That's 123 Main Street, the green house with a blue door, not to be confused with 125 Main Street, the blue house with a green door. Yes, stay far away."

Those seem particular instances of adtech. Any service than runs malicious code in your browser is bad. I don't think websites are bad because some of them have malicious code.

I never claimed the sites are bad. I specifically said ad tech is bad. I block ads, not web sites. You're trying to make my comment into something it is not.

No, you've missed the point. You're saying all ad tech is bad because some has before served malware. I'm saying this isn't consistent - you don't avoid all websites because some of them serve malware.

No I block all ad ware so I can visit what ever website I want precisely because ad tech has shown itself to be malicious. Really not sure of your confusion on the point.

My point is: why do you visit websites when they've also been "shown to be malicious"?