Newspapers escalate their fight against ad blockers

Posted by hackuser on Friday May 27, 2016 @06:06PM
from the washingtonpost.com dept.

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Re:Newspapers escalate their fight against ad blockers by DrScump on Friday May 27, 2016 @07:01PM (#11789674)

Irony #1: this article is itself paywalled.

Irony #2: they actually use "paywall" as a term in the resulting URL (subscribe.washingtonpost.com/acquisition/?prompt=1&promo=digital03_paywall...)

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Re:Newspapers escalate their fight against ad blockers by rveeblefetzer on Friday May 27, 2016 @07:29PM (#11789794)

Missed opportunity: the photo editor could've folded out the newspapers and shown ads below the fold. Would've looked great paired with the headline

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