If you care about democracy, you should use an ad blocker in your browser.
If you care about not getting viruses on your computer, you need an ad blocker.
Corporate media and big tech should get none of your money. Please try to get off Google Chrome as well for your own privacy and security. It is essentially spyware.
Firefox or Vivaldi are the best browsers to use from an ethics standpoint.
Only support independent media. Corporate media doesn't need or deserve your money.
@mattsheffield EFF’s privacy badger is a good tool, a browser extension that blocks site tracking.
https://www.eff.org/pages/privacy-badger
and of course TOR if absolute privacy is needed
https://www.torproject.org/download/