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[–] WhoRoger@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Maybe my memory doesn't go quite as far. But still, I believe adblockers didn't take off in such a huge ways until we've seen all those popups, malware and other shit on a massive scale.