Why is Stack Overflow trying to start audio?
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Why is Stack Overflow trying to start audio?
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#2Has there been any serious thought / discussion about how the cat and mouse chase of the ads vs ad blockers is going to end?
It would be interesting to see where we are in ten years.
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#3Has there been any serious thought / discussion about how the cat and mouse chase of the ads vs ad blockers is going to end? It would be interesting to see where we are in ten years.
Seems obvious without thought to me that it’s mostly moot. Very few people will be running machines like we have for the last 30-40 years, most will be on Android/iOS where ad blocking will be minimal.
Savvy users will continue to block on machines that aren’t walled gardens and through pi-hole style blocking.
I think the cat and mouse aspect will be completely overshadowed by tech giants continually neutering their users ability to block ads.
Re: Why is Stack Overflow trying to start audio?
#4Has there been any serious thought / discussion about how the cat and mouse chase of the ads vs ad blockers is going to end? It would be interesting to see where we are in ten years.
Seems obvious without thought to me that it’s mostly moot. Very few people will be running machines like we have for the last 30-40 years, most will be on Android/iOS where ad blocking will be minimal. Savvy users will continue to block on machines that aren’t walled gardens and through pi-hole style blocking. I think the cat and mouse aspect will be completely overshadowed by tech giants continually neutering their…
> most will be on Android/iOS where ad blocking will be minimal
Safari on iOS allows for content blocking, and Firefox for Android allows users to install extensions.
Re: Why is Stack Overflow trying to start audio?
#5Earlier quoted context omitted.
Seems obvious without thought to me that it’s mostly moot. Very few people will be running machines like we have for the last 30-40 years, most will be on Android/iOS where ad blocking will be minimal. Savvy users will continue to block on machines that aren’t walled gardens and through pi-hole style blocking. I think the cat and mouse aspect will be completely overshadowed by tech giants continually neutering their…
> most will be on Android/iOS where ad blocking will be minimal Safari on iOS allows for content blocking, and Firefox for Android allows users to install extensions.
I guess your parent post should have given it some more thought lol
Re: Why is Stack Overflow trying to start audio?
#6Has there been any serious thought / discussion about how the cat and mouse chase of the ads vs ad blockers is going to end? It would be interesting to see where we are in ten years.
Desktop-wise, I've often thought [evergreen] client-side tools would emerge for content extraction via local [headless] browser automation. It's something I've contemplated building myself.
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#7Is this a scandal?
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#8Maybe it's to identify users behind a VPN as this is fingerprinting the device, not the connection.
That's why I think the idea of running each site in a container is so effective.
And while we're at it the container should just spit out random shit like different resolution, audio api, user agent, once in a while (unless the user turns it off) to thwart such attempts.
Unfortunately when the creator and maintener of 67% of all browsers is an ad company who is exploiting this in the firsr place, then there is no chance that this could happen
Re: Why is Stack Overflow trying to start audio?
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Seems obvious without thought to me that it’s mostly moot. Very few people will be running machines like we have for the last 30-40 years, most will be on Android/iOS where ad blocking will be minimal. Savvy users will continue to block on machines that aren’t walled gardens and through pi-hole style blocking. I think the cat and mouse aspect will be completely overshadowed by tech giants continually neutering their…
> most will be on Android/iOS where ad blocking will be minimal Safari on iOS allows for content blocking, and Firefox for Android allows users to install extensions.
On android many links are open in a Webview (e.g. opening links on Gmail app) and many ads come through webviews inside apps themselves (e.g. some ads inside the youtube app itself)
Re: Why is Stack Overflow trying to start audio?
#10Has there been any serious thought / discussion about how the cat and mouse chase of the ads vs ad blockers is going to end? It would be interesting to see where we are in ten years.
Desktop-wise, I've often thought [evergreen] client-side tools would emerge for content extraction via local [headless] browser automation. It's something I've contemplated building myself.