I'm not really sure ad detection was the biggest issue versus actually stripping the ad from the website without killing the website in the process. The current war seems to be between ad blocker-blockers and ad blocker-blocker-blockers.
Why don’t we go about this problem another way: instead of blocking the ads let’s just extract the content? Hash it. Put it on a modern-day Pirate Bay & load the content from a cache, skipping the ad bs altogether.
Holy shit THIS IS HUGE NEWS, How has it only gotten five points in seven hours !?!? Do you guys understand how fucking big of a deal this is !?!????? The entire internet ad industry is over ! Apocalypse Ad Industry and Apocalypse NOW ! HOW DOES THIS NOT HAVE MORE UPVOTES
this is a digital weapon that will prevent the transfer of billions of dollars of wealth per year that are generated throughout internet ads. It’s like a digital nuke has just been created to destroy an entire industry. AND NO ONE ON HN IS PAYING ATTENTION (?!?!?)
am I the crazy one here for seeing this as a hugely significant event !?!?!?
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[ 3.4 ms ] story [ 18.4 ms ] threadthis is a digital weapon that will prevent the transfer of billions of dollars of wealth per year that are generated throughout internet ads. It’s like a digital nuke has just been created to destroy an entire industry. AND NO ONE ON HN IS PAYING ATTENTION (?!?!?)
am I the crazy one here for seeing this as a hugely significant event !?!?!?