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0 pointsnl10y ago0 comments

Yes, but arguably there is more financial motivation for the publishers. You end up in an arms race.

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eli10y ago

More like cat and mouse. The publishers are at an extreme technical disadvantage.

How so? It's extremely trivial to make an inline script that detects if the client is blocking ad network requests, then act accordingly. Possible actions range from blowing up the page to redirecting the user away.

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0 pointsnl10y ago0 comments

Yes, but arguably there is more financial motivation for the publishers. You end up in an arms race.

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eli10y ago

More like cat and mouse. The publishers are at an extreme technical disadvantage.

anonred10y ago

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