It doesn’t come off as shaming to me, but rather as begging. Like begging, but without the human element to engender empathy or pity, so you’re just left with disgust. The internet, from “please give us a buck so we can stay up!” to endless crowdfunding resembles nothing quite so much as a collection of beggars rattling their cups and with their stories written on cardboard.

If that’s your “business model” then good luck with that, but I don’t feel shame or pity. I’d like to unblock sites, but white listing only makes sense if you can trust whatever they use to serve ads. Unless they’re hostinf their own ads, I’m disinclined to trust their third party providers and trackers, even if I like and trust the site.