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by dartharva 1577 days ago
The client won't be able to distinguish between ads and actual content on the website if both come from the same source.
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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.