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Re:A browser extension to make Medium more readable by PurpleRamen on Thursday July 12, 2018 @04:27AM (#17513001)
Not really. AdBlockers were a reaction against the toxic ads. And even today only a minority of users (<10%) are using adblockers.
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Re:A browser extension to make Medium more readable by listenallyall on Thursday July 12, 2018 @04:45AM (#17513071)
You should provide sources when you toss out statistics, PurpleRamen is not itself a source people trust. You are quoting a global number. And it's outdated.

In the US, overall ad-blocking is 30%+. https://www.statista.com/statistics/804008/ad-blocking-reach...

On laptops, US adblocking was 40% in 2017. https://marketingland.com/survey-shows-us-ad-blocking-usage-...

These number are growing every year. And surely, if you focused only on the demographic group most likely to read Medium, the percentage would be even higher.

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