No..theft is theft. Only those who are trying to make a pisspoor argument are claiming that it isn't.
What a moronic argument you choose to use for your justification of pirating software. Just because I choose not to look at something doesn't mean I am stealing....and for you to try to argue this speaks volumes for the type of person you choose to be.
If I'm not mistaken, and I am not, I was writing in my first post that I buy all my software. I also never said that piracy is right or should be supported. Quite the opposite. I don't really know where your anger is coming from.
I was asking this question here because for me it's a very similar problem: If you acquire a unauthorized copy of Windows, there's nothing missing at another place. There's no direct damage. The damage is the money that a company (and the entire trade chain) loses because of it.
If you block ads, there's nothing missing, but the damage is the money the company loses because of it.
And just as a reminder: Google, Bing, Facebook, Twitter, and so on, and so on, they all make their money with ads.
And as a personal side note: Your vulgar choice of words is not really pleasant to read.