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by zaarn 2800 days ago
Whether or not clearing cookies would count as bypassing is an interesting question, because Adblockers themselves are legal. The specific BILD case is about blocking and disabling a tool to detect adblockers, in which case it fully denies access to the article.

Ie, the anti-anti-adblock is actively interfering with the site's function on the client side.

Cookies and referer are handled on the server-side and outside the user's control.

I would question if the last sentences of 95a apply to setting a referer and clearing cookies. They are more closer to tampering with computer system (263a).