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"When I use a text-only browser then no "adblock" is necessary" So you browser as if it were 1999? Yup, no ads back then.

• invaliduser 9mo ago
  The first ad blocker was released in 1996 [1] and in 1999 we had a lot of shiny, blinking and very colorful ads already [2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_blocking#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_blocking#History [2] https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/exhibitions/web-banners-in-the-90s https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/exhibitions/web-banners-in-t...
  • Dwedit 9mo ago
    1996 is a surprise, I thought WebWasher (http local proxy ad remover) was first.
  • blubber 9mo ago
    Yes, but there is no song with the line: party like it's 1996. Simply doesn't work.
• deleted 9mo ago
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