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GQ And Forbes Go After Ad Blocker Users Rather Than Their Own Advertising Inventory

And so the war on ad blockers marches on. Lots of sites have recently made ad blocking software a target of their ire, complaining that such software ruins everything and is a form of puppy genocide or whatever. We, of course, know that to be bullshit, so we think it's just fine if you block ads (in fact, we make it easy to do so). Still, some of these attempts are getting more and more aggressive, such as what two recent sites, GQ and Forbes, have decided to do.

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WhatsApp Unveils Surprising Ads—Not the End, but What's the Catch?

WhatsApp, Meta's priciest acquisition at almost $20 billion in 2014, poses unique challenges for monetization.

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155d ago
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Meta is going to add even more ads into Instagram

In this article, we have bad news for those of you who hate to see ads on Instagram. Meta’s photo-sharing social media platform will likely add more ads to the service.

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Amazon will start slapping ads on Echo Show devices

The company hopes to draw in more app developers with its pop-up ads.

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