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coldpie on June 10, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: So you want to build a browser engine

How would ad blocking work in this world? A browser without ad blocking is useless.

gwbas1c on June 10, 2024 [–]

How would ads work in this world? The advertising ecosystem relies on adding a 1-2 line JavaScript blurb to the page, and then the ads are added at display time.

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