I hate that WP (and other websites) do that.
I also hate when they popup those messages that say "we've noticed you are using an ad blocker, blah blah blah we need our ads blah blah blah please turn it off" and you can't access the dang webpage until you turn off your ad blocker for that site. Then you usually need to refresh the page to allow the change. I use the ad blocker for the very reason I don't want to see your annoying ads, or your sponsor's ads.
I like Ray and hope he doesn't lose his job over this incident, but with the way things are now-days it is possible.
God forbid these people get paid for their work.