I’d say it’s not a drain, but even as a long-time ad-blocker, I still am conditioned to ignore things screaming for attention. It’s been very often that I’m looking for something (eg. a link) but I don’t see it because it’s more visible than the rest of the page and my brain is conditioned to filter that out.

> It's a constant cognitive drain on your mental resources.

We reached the point that this is the argument to avoid ads... People will go to such a length to justify blocking ads, it's crazy.

That's always been my primary reason, honestly.

Yes, I also take the Intel Inside stickers off my laptop.