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That would start a needless arms race, there are a million ways to detect if you're using an ad blocker.
by zodiakzz 11y ago
That would start a needless arms race, there are a million ways to detect if you're using an ad blocker.
- MichaelGG 11y agoUltimately winnable by the end user. It's DRM all over again. Worst case: An image recog system identifies and blanks out areas that are showing ads. (Or hell, a robot arm puts pieces of paper over the screen.) May as well start the arms race when we know who will finish it.
- ansgri 11y agore: a robot arm: websites will simply require to connect to a webcam showing you browsing the site to allow viewing. We'd better devise a way to painlessly charge users ¢0.1 per view.
- LeoNatan25 11y ago¢0.1 per clickbait.
- MichaelGG 11y agoTrue. I suppose they could also serve up an ad-captcha before serving the content.