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Re:Ad campaign runs cryptocurrency miners while unwitting us... by jnordwick on Friday January 26, 2018 @03:53PM (#16242816)
Cut out the middle man. YouTube itself can mine cryptos while videos are playing instead of displaying ads. At least then you know the trade off and have a single company to complain to when they are draining your CPU too much.
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Re:Ad campaign runs cryptocurrency miners while unwitting us... by lithos on Saturday January 27, 2018 @02:13PM (#16247583)
You're still better off selling shovels in a gold rush.
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