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A comment on ‘Just four dudes’: Inside EasyList, a community-run ad-blocking list. Parent comment

Re:‘Just four dudes’: Inside EasyList, a community-run ad-bl... by ksangeelee on Friday August 02, 2019 @01:40PM (#20594921)
I just visited the AutoTrader site (from the UK), and uBlock Origin blocked 34 requests related to ads and tracking. I recall in the past having been surprised at the number of extra requests being made via their site. They don't serve only vehicle listings.
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Re:‘Just four dudes’: Inside EasyList, a community-run ad-bl... by donarb on Friday August 02, 2019 @03:53PM (#20596046)
Ooops, that's my misread of the forum posting from the AutoTrader team. They have 2 sites, one public, the other is a portal for car dealers to post cars in which they stated does not serve ads. The problem they were having though is that the ad blocker was affecting popup menus within their site.

https://forums.lanik.us/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=43148&sid=e0edf...

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Re:‘Just four dudes’: Inside EasyList, a community-run ad-bl... by ksangeelee on Friday August 02, 2019 @04:19PM (#20596250)
In that light, I agree with your original comment, though it's amusingly ironic that their portal site was negatively impacted by mitigation measures against the kind of things their public site engages in.
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Re:‘Just four dudes’: Inside EasyList, a community-run ad-bl... by FussyZeus on Friday August 02, 2019 @03:27PM (#20595833)
It would be rather ironic if the post you replied to only thought they ran no ads because they forgot they ran an ad blocker.
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