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Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses? by selcuka on Monday March 27, 2023 @10:19PM (#35335013)
> it was long waterfall chains of terrible javascript loaders

> Well, not end users. They're getting ads.

Why not? Would you prefer ads, or ads with terrible javascript loaders?

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Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses? by HWR_14 on Monday March 27, 2023 @11:13PM (#35335430)
I would prefer ads with terrible javascript loaders, as they are easier to more completely and reliably block.
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Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses? by selcuka on Monday March 27, 2023 @11:52PM (#35335696)
The ads still use javascript; they are just not as "terrible" (a.k.a. waterfall).
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Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses? by HWR_14 on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @10:24AM (#35341607)
The waterfall ones were easier to detect and block, IIRC.
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