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		strikelaserclaw on Aug 6, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: iOS 18 has fulfilled my dream of destroying ads wi... "You still load up the ads so the website owner gets an ad view, no harm done." - not quite, without other events like taking a user to advertisers page or linking sales to this particular ad, i think this website will have its ad revenue reduced.

bediger4000 on Aug 6, 2024 [–]

This also doesn't punish the advertiser for externalizing ad costs by using your storage, bandwidth and CPU. Inadequate.

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