Well, they can ask my conscience to not run an adblocker because otherwise it impacts their income. If it was just that.

But they cannot ask my conscience to open myself up to security issues because otherwise it impacts their income.

(note that I have read the rest of the thread and am aware that simply running an adblocker wouldn't have prevented this exploit)

(second note/disclaimer is that I do run µBlock, for the personal reason that I feel they also cannot ask my conscience to open my attention to energy-draining distractions because otherwise it impacts their income)

Note that uBlock can be configured to block third party frames, which would have prevented the exploit

I don't want to get into a discussion about ad-based business models and the moral discussion. For me, the trade off definitely favours security. I also just can't concentrate when the page is littered with flashing ads. Thus for me, alternative to adblockers is not seeing ads, it's not visiting the sites because I'm not willing to put up with that for content that very like isn't worth the ad bombardment.