Should I Block Ads?

100% yes you should! I use a double-decker defense of 1Blocker in Safari, with Pi-Hole on the DNS level as well. A full 20% of all DNS activity on my home network is surveillance technology being blocked, and that is what made it past 1Blocker! This question should be answered in the same way as “Should I use spam protection for email?”. That isn’t even a sensible question these days. Surfing the web without some blocking technology is exposing yourself to unknown levels of surveillance, security problems, and overall risk that is well beyond what you should accept.