While many would appreciate this post, I think it's easy to forget many people block the ads on the site as they cause lag and of course track your data. I've seen some strange adverts on TSR and simply do not wish to see them, the lag is a huge problem and therefore I wish to continue using my ad block for as long as it counts as I don't want my experience to be slowed down.
And no, I do not have a 'bad' device as my laptop can handle virtually anything. I think in the future, if implementing such changes, you should always run a poll and ask the users what they want and not implement them and then be surprised no one took to the changes.
Also: considering this is a student website, profiteering off of them is hardly the right thing to do, I really do not understand the logic behind this, and who would have the money to pay for an ad removal pass for every 500 page views. Again, think about what you try to promote because this is all contradictory as you appear to advertise student guides for saving money and budgeting. Shameful really.