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If only someone invented a way to block ads from loading :) Seriously though, why did it take so long for adblocker to be invented?
by davemel37 11y ago
If only someone invented a way to block ads from loading :)
Seriously though, why did it take so long for adblocker to be invented?
- e12e 11y agoLong? There's been ad-blocking proxies available for a long time. Eg: http://www.squidguard.org/history.html http://www.squidguard.org/history.html I remember setting up some kind of http-proxy with local cache an ad filters in the late 90s, early 00s -- possibly squid with a plugin -- probably on Slackware. Persistent local cache of static resources helped a lot with loading sites (which doesn't really make any sense, considering browsers already had a local cache). Ad-blocking was simple -- just replacing banner.gif-s with a blank gif image or something along those lines. But it worked, and preserved the layout of the page.
- dredmorbius 11y agoJunkbuster, squid, and privoxy have been around for quite a while.