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by selcuka 1180 days ago
> it was long waterfall chains of terrible javascript loaders

> Well, not end users. They're getting ads.

Why not? Would you prefer ads, or ads with terrible javascript loaders?

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I would prefer ads with terrible javascript loaders, as they are easier to more completely and reliably block.
The ads still use javascript; they are just not as "terrible" (a.k.a. waterfall).
The waterfall ones were easier to detect and block, IIRC.