Well, if it's first party you've at least mitigated some of the privacy concerns, and it's then about the privacy policy of the company in question.
If they want to make ads extremely hard to block but reduce privacy concerns, I'm all for that. It puts the discussion back on a more even level, and if you don't like the ads, don't use the service. The only reason I'm okay with running an ad blocker now is because of the privacy concerns. If those were eliminated (which isn't the case in this theoretical situation, they're just reduced) then I'm not sure how to justify running an ad-blocker. To my eyes, it's basically stealing cable or satellite service. I understand other people don't see it the same way though.
If they want to make ads extremely hard to block but reduce privacy concerns, I'm all for that. It puts the discussion back on a more even level, and if you don't like the ads, don't use the service. The only reason I'm okay with running an ad blocker now is because of the privacy concerns. If those were eliminated (which isn't the case in this theoretical situation, they're just reduced) then I'm not sure how to justify running an ad-blocker. To my eyes, it's basically stealing cable or satellite service. I understand other people don't see it the same way though.