I have encountered a number of web sites that do not function correctly, if at all, when I have ad blocker extensions enabled. Curiously enough some fo these sites are shopping carts that fail when the
SUBMIT button is clicked. If I remember to turn off the ad-blocker extension it often fixes the problem. Since Safari 11 has provisions for enabling
Content blockers on a
site by site basis perhaps over time I can "fix" these problem sites at the expense of giving up some privacy.
It will be interesting to see if those sites will work with "Prevent cross-site tracking" turned on. Time will tell.
SERMON: Financial support for content sites is a significant issue that is not going to go away. It is unrealistic to believe they can continue to exist without some form of support whether it is from donations, subscriptions, memberships, or advertising. So in order to keep internet content sources freely available and unbiased by advertiser or other financial pressures, I make it a point to financially contribute or subscribe to those sources I find useful such as
Wikipedia,
PBS,
Washington Post,
etc.. IMHO this may be one of the best weapon for combating overly intrusive advertising and internet tracking. Given the cost of all the privacy services I am already paying for; DNS filtering, ad blocking VPNs, ad-blocking extensions, cookie management software, VPN,
etc, contributing to these content sources becomes an investment and not a cost.