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Ad blocking is a symptom of something else. Sure you can use same domain and make current ad blockers not work, but people will figure out better ways.

The reason why people install ad blockers in the first place is because they are becoming more and more aggressive. Toning them down is much smarter long term strategy, but it requires cooperation from everyone that is involved in advertisements.

People won't install ad block if they have no reason for it.

The whole thing reminds me of piracy, you can go add anti copying mechanisms, sitting down paying websites, start suing people or you start creating services like Netflix.



Ehh, noticed some typos made by Swype, but can't edit this post anymore, the last line should be:

"The whole thing reminds me of piracy, you can go add anti copying mechanisms, shutting down pirate websites, start suing people or you start creating services like Netflix."


Whenever I reinstall my computer, I spend ~10 minutes online before I think "Oh, yeah, I need adblock". Websites are vastly different before and after, and they remind me why I need it.

If everyone's ads were unintrusive, I'd never remember to install adblock




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