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Ad blocking is existential for Google. If everyone blocks ads, Google stops existing. They will do everything they can to prevent it, without going so far they stop existing for regulatory reasons either.
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WarmWash • today at 12:48 AM
It's not just Google, the Internet stops existing.
I know people have rosy eyes for a BBS/IRC comeback, but that will never happen.
By and large, people don't care about having to look at tide and Toyota ads to watch YouTube.
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I'm looking forward to an AI product that filters all consumed Internet content to remove ads.
Now _that_ would be a killer feature.