It's official: the end of ad-blocking as we know it is here folks. [theregister.co.uk]

And no, switching browsers isn't the answer due to Google's increasing control over the web and the future of said web
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@joe Doesn’t that make switching browsers even *more* the answer? We need to fight that control every bit as when it was MSIE, and switching browsers remains the main, most direct weapon.
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