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Re:Facebook will force advertising on ad-blocking users by paulmd on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @02:14PM (#12256620)
I'm just waiting for the day when websites are rendering themselves inside a DRM-protected container in an HTML5 page. That's where I see all of this inevitably heading.

DRM-protected media extensions are almost uniquely positioned for this. They're designed around the abilities to uniquely identify the user and resist tampering. The only thing that's missing right now is interactivity.

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Re:Facebook will force advertising on ad-blocking users by krstck on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @02:55PM (#12256935)
Ah yes, because who doesn't want to return to the days of AOL's "channels".

I think you're completely right, btw. After AOL, it only took a few years for websites to become rapidly Flash-based. It looks like we're going back to that again (not Flash, but same thing - black boxed).

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