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The same thing that happened when TiVo let you skip TV commercials. If you're on ThePirateBay or are looking up song lyrics all the time you have good reason t
by austenallred 13y ago
The same thing that happened when TiVo let you skip TV commercials.
If you're on ThePirateBay or are looking up song lyrics all the time you have good reason to use adblocker, but most ads sent intrusive enough for the average person to care about. Therefore there is no need for a tech arms race.
Popups were extremely annoying and came with malware that was on almost everybody's computers. But I highly doubt Adblock will ever reach anywhere near that level of saturation.
- sentenza 13y agoMy wife had her work computer infected with malware by an ad that was served on the main page of one of the biggest news oultets in Germany. That single instance reportedly caused thousands of infections. Since then I unconditionally recommend adblocking. Also, if you are browsing the russian part of the internet, you should block everything you can (ads, js, flash).