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Re:Crystal, iOS ad blocker, to accept money to let ads through by yuhong on Thursday September 24, 2015 @04:48PM (#10274615)
I don't think ads are the same as viruses. There are different kinds of ads for example, and not all of them use tracking or even pay by the pageview.
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Re:Crystal, iOS ad blocker, to accept money to let ads through by anonymfus on Thursday September 24, 2015 @06:17PM (#10275149)
They are malicious memes. Analogy could be about their effect on brains.
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