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There is nothing fundamental preventing advertisers to create unblockable ads that are served from the same domain as the website and embedded in the pages. It'

There is nothing fundamental preventing advertisers to create unblockable ads that are served from the same domain as the website and embedded in the pages. It's more convoluted and needs to setup a back-channel to the website, but it's definitely doable. See for example Facebook and Twitter ads, they are very hard to block without customized, site-specific extensions. What stops advertisers form going through the hassle is the minority of users who use ad-blocking and even those can be easily detected and annoyed with warning pop-ups. But make no mistake about it, when website owners decide you need to see their ads because their existence depends on it, you most definitely will.

intrasight 4y ago
> advertisers to create unblockable ads that are served from the same domain as the website Why would I visit an advertisers web site? :) Ads inline with content are usually "sponsorships". I have no issue with ads where it's the case that a publisher has a relationship with a product. And this isn't what ad blocking seeks to address. They would be harder to block. But it is no challenge really for a browser extension. But again - such "sponsorship ads" don't bother me in the least.
matheusmoreira 4y ago
One day someone is gonna make a machine learning thing that kills all forms of advertising in real time. Including brands in videos and other hardcoded stuff.