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Stop serving Javascript.

Most of the media industry's problems with malvertising would disappear if they only served up <img> tags. They could also one-up the ad blockers by serving images from within their own domain. Why the media industry hasn't united to clean up their act is baffling. Google certainly isn't going to take leadership on this issue since any solution cuts into their revenue.



Stop serving Javascript.

That would work for me. I don't block ads, I simply block JavaScript from most sites. The paucity of ads served to me is a happy side effect.

Why the media industry hasn't united to clean up their act is baffling.

The media industry is constantly doubling down, trying to be more and more obnoxious. The exact opposite of cleaning up their act.




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