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This is already playing out with Safari’s Reader Mode. Sites adapt and update their content so that Reader Mode doesn’t work and ads do. I don’t think the gov’
by dahart 7y ago
This is already playing out with Safari’s Reader Mode. Sites adapt and update their content so that Reader Mode doesn’t work and ads do.
I don’t think the gov’t can make adblocking illegal, nor do I think they will even try, but yes websites will (and already are starting to) use anti-block measures. It’s not even hard technically, if ads are served as content from the visited site’s domain, rather than iframes from other domains.
Will companies give up on advertising? I predict: Never.
- JadeNB 7y ago> I don’t think the gov’t can make adblocking illegal, nor do I think they will even try, I agree with the first part of this sentence, but the second part seems wildly optimistic, at least in the US, where lack of technical knowledge or ability is no hindrance to passing ridiculous tech laws.
- lwkl 7y agoHow about a law that makes blocking ad-blockers illegal if the site offers no way to buy the content to avoid ads and tracking?