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You could argue that the society has an unspoken agreement about views vs ads, but that agreement includes limitations on what kinds of ads are considered acceptable - and guess what, most of the sites are violating that unspoken agreement.

Adblockers didn't happen by magic, they are a reaction to advertising trampling all over the implicit social contract.




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