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Re:Web page service workers bypass ad-blockers after Chrome ... by reificator on Sunday February 17, 2019 @05:47PM (#19187384)
Having an extra layer of filtering is good, but time has shown it to be less effective than adblocking.

Your app store example is a non-sequitur, because users want to download apps. Users in the general case do not specifically want ads.

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Re:Web page service workers bypass ad-blockers after Chrome ... by dmortin on Monday February 18, 2019 @12:55AM (#19188886)
> Users in the general case do not specifically want ads.

True, but users want to access content for free, they don't want to pay for every site they visit. And currently it's only possible with ads.

And most users rather bear ads than pay. If everyone uses an adblocker then most sites will either close or become paid.

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