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1318 points xvector | 4 comments | | HN request time: 0.404s | source
1. whatshisface ◴[] No.19824660[source]
Tomorrow (or whenever this gets fixed), ad companies are going to have some great data about what the world would look like if adblock didn't exist. I really home someome does a blog post about it. Yikes, I hope it doesn't play out like a shark smelling chum.
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2. floatingatoll ◴[] No.19824673[source]
Firefox has anti-tracking features that are enough to freak out reCaptcha regardless of adblockers, so that might not be as good for them as it seems. Be careful not to confuse hiding ads from view with preventing user tracking.
3. kelnos ◴[] No.19825283[source]
Given that Firefox's market share has dropped below 10%, I doubt it will make much of a difference.
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4. whatshisface ◴[] No.19826930[source]
Yes but there's enough sample size for them to multiply the change by ten to get what would happen if Chrome lost adblock as well.