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by antifarben 1577 days ago
Actually this article strengthens my believe that adblockers will even become more essential. I mean, even if the server decides to send some ads, the client doesn't have to show them. Or am I missing something?
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The client won't be able to distinguish between ads and actual content on the website if both come from the same source.
machine learning to the rescue!
As long as the countermeasures are public, the advertisers can also automatically react to them, if they put enough effort in it e.g. in the form of preparing alternatives ahead of time.
Yeah I don't really see how ad blockers can remain free if they start implementing expensive methods like that.
Not sure where you got that from the article, in-fact I get the inverse.