I don't like ads and prefer content without them, however I've never thought that the act of avoiding them was taking a stand or anything like that. It's interesting though to hear someone's justification for it. What are your thoughts on pirating content? I would guess you also hold some strong views on the righteousness of that.
pirating content really helps to prevent free software from being adopted. So... I guess that would be considered pretty righteous, right?
*edit: clarity.
or were you thinking along the lines media piracy?
I have no justifications or rationalizations there. There's a giant bureaucracy that will never move, and never let me watch their content. So more or less, I don't.