If no one finds a better way to moderate the conflict between advertisers and net users the likes of effect Zuckerberg will get richer as small sites are crushedI started using an adblocker nearly before they existed because I dislike distractions when I am reading. The early Norwegian web browser Opera did nearly everything better and faster than its more famous rivals: it was the first to absorb tabbed browsing,which was why I switched to it. Then I discovered what it called “element hiding”, which meant you could nuke specific areas of a web page. In specific, or I could murder advertisements that had animated gifs. Related: Fears of adblocking ‘epidemic’ as report forecasts nearly 15m UK users next year Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com