9 Best Articles in 2022
The Intercept
Be Careful Celebrating Google’s New Ad Blocker. Here’s What’s Really Going On.
The Intercept
3 min read · From 2017 · Google’s ad blocker, far from a benign offering, is another step toward dominating the internet itself.
Reader View · Shared by 37, including Gerd Leonhard, Jean-Patrick, FEELFETCH, Christopher Sikkenga, Merkstatt, Thomas Power, Nick Lüthi, Howard Getson
The Verge
Google’s Chrome ad blocking arrives tomorrow and this is how it works
The Verge
4 min read · From 2018 · Google is enabling its built-in ad blocker for Chrome tomorrow (February 15th). Chrome’s ad filtering is designed to weed out some of the web’s most annoying ads, and push website owners to stop...
Reader View · Shared by 123, including Dana DiTomaso, Thomas Power, Mark Kaigwa, Bernhard Huessy, Mattias Tyrberg, Mo Schuster, Chris Messina, 𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧 , Nick Lüthi, Kim Dik, Nils Hitze, Ian Lurie 🇺🇦, Abdelsalam Smadi, Jörgen Camrath
VICE
Princeton’s Ad-Blocking Superweapon May Put an End to the Ad-Blocking Arms Race
VICE
6 min read · From 2017 · An ad blocker that uses computer vision appears to be the most powerful ever devised and can evade all known anti ad blockers.
Reader View · Shared by 102, including grimm, Mark Kaigwa, Jacob Jarnvall, Mathew Ingram, Hugo Amsellem, Anthony Hamelle, Benoit Curdy, George M 🇪🇺, Jane, Nir Eyal
WIRED
Ad-Blocker Ghostery Just Went Open Source—And Has a New Business Model
WIRED
5 min read · From 2018 · Snowden’s preferred ad-blocker details how a privacy tool can actually make money without being gross.
Shared by 35, including Jochen Burkhard, hiten.eth, Dominic Grzbielok, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, dcancel.eth
ctrl.blog
Here’s how Google Chrome’s new ad blocker works
ctrl.blog
4 min read · From 2018 · Google Chrome will soon begin to block ads on some websites by default. I dug up some more information about how it will work.
Reader View · Shared by 46, including Marius Bleuer, Harpreet Singh, Thomas Power, Mark Kaigwa
TechCrunch
How Chrome’s built-in ad blocker will work when it goes live tomorrow
TechCrunch
6 min read · From 2018 · Chrome's built-in ad blocker will go live tomorrow. It's the first time Google will automatically block some ads in Chrome, but while quite a few online..
Reader View · Shared by 20, including Tim Herbig
The Verge
Google plans to clean up the web with Chrome ad blocker next year
The Verge
7 min read · From 2017 · Google will introduce an ad blocker to Chrome early next year and is telling publishers to get ready. The warning is meant to let websites assess their ads and strip any particularly disruptive...
Reader View · Shared by 22, including 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork, Stephanie A Kowalski, Kris Fannin, Thomas Power
The Verge
Google starts testing Chrome's built-in ad blocker
The Verge
1 min read · From 2017 · Google is planning to introduce a built-in ad blocker for its Chrome browser next year. While Google has already warned publishers about the change, the ad blocker is now starting to show up in...
Shared by 10, including Thomas Power, Nick Lüthi
Seth Godin
Seth's Blog: Ad blocking
Seth Godin
5 min read · From 2015 · By most accounts, more and more people are automatically blocking the ads in their browser. Of course, people have been blocking ads forever. By ignoring them. Fifteen years ago, when I began writing about Permission Marketing, I pointed out that...
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audienceops.com
How Ad Blockers Impact Paid Content Promotion
audienceops.com
7 min read · From 2018 · Ad blocker use has been on the rise - what does this means for content marketers with paid promotion?
Reader View · Shared by 29, including Matthew J. Adams, Will Preston, Peter Wennersten, Aaron Agius
xy2.dev
How an anti ad-blocker works: Reverse-engineering BlockAdBlock
xy2.dev
20+ min read · From 2020 · How I reversed an ad-blocker blocker and learned some history about ad-blocking.
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The Wall Street Journal
Google Will Help Publishers Prepare for a Chrome Ad Blocker Coming Next Year
The Wall Street Journal
3 min read · From 2017 · Google has told publishers it will give them at least six months to prepare for a new ad-blocking tool the company is planning to introduce in its Chrome web browser next year, according to people…
Shared by 15, including Matthew Turland, Thomas Power, Nick Lüthi, Mathew Ingram
TechCrunch
Google said to be planning a built-in ad-blocker for Chrome
TechCrunch
6 min read · From 2017 · Google is planning to add an ad blocker to Chrome, its web browser, and to possibly turn it on by default for all users. That seems counterintuitive, for a company that makes the majority of its…
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TNW
iOS 9 content blocker will transform the mobile Web
TNW
6 min read · From 2015 · iOS 9 comes with a new feature called 'content blockers' which allow developers to build apps for blocking advertisements. Here's how well it works.
Reader View · Shared by 69, including David Bauer, Nick Lüthi, Richard Joerges, René Stalder, Niklaus Gerber, Phil Amour, dpmab, Leonid Bugaev, Mathias Menzl, Jean Decherf, ThomNagy
Ars Technica
Report: Google will add an ad blocker to all versions of Chrome web browser
Ars Technica
2 min read · From 2017 · The owner of the web's biggest advertising platform is building an ad blocker?
Reader View · Shared by 11, including Mathew Ingram, Nick Lüthi
unbounce
What the Google Chrome Ad Blocker Means for Your Website Popups (Plus 8 Really Smart Targeting Tips)
unbounce
~14 min read · From 2018 · Google Chrome’s Ad Blocker came into effect Feb 15, 2018. Don't think "Oh no! Popups are dead. Google just outlawed them", because after combing through the details, I’m happy to tell you that — from our early interpretation — this doesn’t seem to be true.
Reader View · Shared by 10, including Daniel Jörg
Ad Age
The Financial Times Decides to Get Creative With Ad-Blocker Blocking
Ad Age
5 min read · From 2016 · The Financial Times, on Wednesday, began testing a series of approaches to combatting the rise of ad-blocking technology.
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BuzzFeed News
Sensor Tower Secretly Owns Ad Blocker And VPN Apps That Collect User Data
BuzzFeed News
2 min read · From 2020 · Sensor Tower has owned at least 20 apps that track data passing through people’s phones.
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