Adblockers? Absolutely! The good adblockers (ublock origin with more lists enabled) also help to thwart trackers.
And by your example, yes, even piracy, not just because I agree with doing it, but because if they will be going to do that too, they could as well do it safely, to the extent it's possible.
Interestingly, as I read your post, a lot of topics align already with what I deem even more important: privacy. It seems it's not only the words that are similar.