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This worries me though. I use AdBlock and get really annoyed when using friends' machines without it. But the system won't work if too many people use AdBlock. So if more ads -> more adblock -> then what?

My nightmare scenario is the spread of what already goes on on alot of less scrupulous sites: "we have detected that you are using AdBlock. Turn it off to view our content".

It reminds me of the excellent dystopia-satire "Black Mirror" where citizens are forced to view ads and if they look away or shut their eyes, an increasingly loud tone is played along with a "warning"...



I hate the fact that, after a while, AdBlock automatically checks "Allow some non-intrusive advertising" checkbox.

And "some" means several hundred supporters.


Switch to Adblock Edge, it is a fork with no such black "feature".


And so it should, the content can only be provided for free because people are being exposed to the ads.




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