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		Seven ways publishers have reacted to ad blockers (searchenginewatch.com)
		3 points by tortilla on March 15, 2016 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

SCAQTony on March 15, 2016 [–]

I wish they would stop calling it ad blocking. It's a misnomer, or more accurately, a lie.

If they want to run a hard coded ad within their site with no trackers, beacons, and privacy violators, I totally fine with it. I am not blocking ads, I am blocking spyware.

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