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Why would they care? They make money off of the ads, if you use an ad blocker, you just run up their server costs. Don't think they care.

• abusoufiyan 9y ago
  Because your site showing up in other news outlets under a title like "Salon Magazine running cryptojacking malware on users" is terrible publicity. I get that they are using the version which asks for consent, but why even take the risk of associating yourself with such a shady piece of software? If you make money of ads, you'd think you wouldn't want to do things that might scare away your users.
  • NKCSS 9y ago
    The software (script) itself is not malicious, it's the way it's used in a lot of cases. It's similar to how torrents are usually used for piracy, but has some legitimate uses.
    • abusoufiyan 9y ago
      Yes, I know that. But public perception doesn't really see it this way. It's more like torrent == bad && malware == bad
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