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I am so annoyed with this. It feels like every advance in web browser technology takes away as much as it gives. Some days, it feels like the web was better bac

• throwaway2048 9y ago
  Just wait till you get a load of content rendering engines being written in (dynamicly re-obfuscated) web assembly and rendered via canvas, so users are totally locked out of modifying content loaded into them or blocking ads. This is already being worked on.
  • earenndil 9y ago
    It's being fought before it's even fully grown. Computer vision adblockers are also being worked on.
    • TeMPOraL 9y ago
      A sad and stupid zero-sum game wasting both talent and electricity.
  • gear54rus 9y ago
    Any links to that? What kind of enemies of mankind are working on this? Advertisers again?
• whyever 9y ago
  > Can't wait to see how WebAssembly will be used against us. Have you heard of Coinhive [1]? They are using WebAssembly to mine bitcoins in the browser. [1] https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/03/who-and-what-is-coinhive/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/03/who-and-what-is-coinhive...
  • etskinner 9y ago
    On the other hand, this method might be a good way to 'pay' for using a service instead of ads, so long as it's opt-in and the user knows about it.