Editing Ad blocking (section)

==Economic consequences for online business==
Some content providers have argued that widespread ad blocking results in decreased revenue to a website sustained by advertisements<ref>{{cite web |last=Fisher |first=Ken |url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/03/why-ad-blocking-is-devastating-to-the-sites-you-love/ |title=Why Ad Blocking is devastating to the sites you love |work=Ars Technica |date=6 March 2010 |access-date=23 March 2019 |archive-date=23 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323040458/https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2010/03/why-ad-blocking-is-devastating-to-the-sites-you-love/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/adblock-software-how-it-will-change-the-adtech-publisher-market-2015-7 |title=I used the software that people are worrying will destroy the web – and now I think they might be right |first=Jim |last=Edwards |date=9 July 2015 |work=Business Insider |access-date=23 March 2019 |archive-date=23 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323225450/https://www.businessinsider.com/adblock-software-how-it-will-change-the-adtech-publisher-market-2015-7 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[e-commerce]]-based businesses, where this blocking can be detected.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}