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Re:Some ad-blockers are tracking you, shaking down publisher... by phunehehe0 on Thursday March 03, 2016 @07:23AM (#11216380)
Awesome idea. Please please please if you are going to do it first look for a business model. I guess the people coming to you to avoid ads won't be too eager to pay. Myself included :) Maybe have a data mining or statistics service to pair with it. A curious search brings up an interesting QA about OpenDNS https://www.quora.com/How-does-OpenDNS-make-money.
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Re:Some ad-blockers are tracking you, shaking down publisher... by bediger4000 on Thursday March 03, 2016 @10:51AM (#11217555)
Wait, what? It's my responsibility to invent a new business model for someone else? Or is it my duty to watch (possibly malware-infected) ads? I'm not sure what you're saying here.

If you're advocating for imposition of a legal duty to watch ads, then I demand the legal imposition of a duty for advertisers to frequently acknowledge that there is no "free" market any more.

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