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You say that now, but just wait until they're written in JS+Canvas and enormously more difficult to block.
by krakensden 15y ago
You say that now, but just wait until they're written in JS+Canvas and enormously more difficult to block.
- sjs 15y agoI don't have any trouble blacklisting domains for JS with current browser extensions. Why would it suddenly get more difficult?
- atdt 15y agoWell, it's true that JavaScript- and Canvas- powered ads are harder to distinguish from legitimate web content. But the flip-side is that they're (re-)programmable using standard JavaScript APIs, and thus vulnerable to manipulation by browser extensions in a way that Flash never was, being a proprietary binary format.
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- w1ntermute 15y agoYeah, HTML5 YouTube has the significant disadvantage of autoplay.
- Zirro 15y agoThere's nothing preventing you from blocking HTML5-video just like Flash can be blocked with add-ons today. Personally I use NoScript for that.
- notatoad 15y agoThey'll still be iframes or external scripts. Ads will always be trivial to block.
- ronaldj 15y agoOr CSS3?