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by equil 3892 days ago
I'd like to see a comprehensive history of adblocking. from webfree to adblock [0] to wherever we are today, because it seems like we're stuck in a cycle. Time and time again i see the web and it's users going through the same motions [1] [2]. It's the same arguments and the same experiments being tried, whose success and failure are as predictable as ever [3]. Today is just another day under the falling sky.

[0] http://adblock.mozdev.org/

[1] http://www.zdnet.com/article/browser-makers-warned-against-a...

[2] http://web.archive.org/web/20071011004456/http://whyfirefoxi...

[3] http://arstechnica.com/business/2010/03/why-ad-blocking-is-d...