Quote Originally Posted by Art Mann View Post
I am a contributor and could disable the ads. I also have an ad blocker for my browser that is highly effective. I don't do that for a couple of reasons. First of all, I think some of the links lead to information about products in which I am interested. Secondly, I have read that SMC gets some financial benefit from the ads, especially if I buy something through a link from the forums.

I will answer Pat Barry's question of why it matters whether I trade with companies whose views differ from my own. In this day and time, money is influence. I don't want to contribute to the profits of a business that uses them to promote ideas and policies with which I disagree. If everyone had the same attitude as Chase and myself, companies which promote things a majority thinks are bad would wither. That is a good thing.
So you actually do click on ads? I've never clicked one in my life, and am kind of surprised to hear that anyone does.