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> All ad-blocking tools/addons today works by parsing the webpage content No, no they don't. They primarily work by hooking network requests through e.g. chrom
by vertex-four 9y ago
> All ad-blocking tools/addons today works by parsing the webpage content
No, no they don't. They primarily work by hooking network requests through e.g. chrome.webRequest[0] and blocking certain URLs from being loaded. This continues to work with the multiple header-based mechanisms for downloading things.
[0] https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/webRequest https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/webRequest