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einpoklum on Sept 23, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: The NSA and CIA use ad blockers

> I remarked ads are sometimes useful and that many local companies rely upon them (e.g., the local newspaper).

If the local newspaper has a local ad in a local website, the ad blocker will probably not pick it up :-P

dorkwood on Sept 24, 2021 [–]

True! But I also feel like local newspapers would be more likely to put the word 'ad' in the name of their advertising jpegs, in which case adblockers would still pick them up.

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