They’re handy. They’re convenient. They save us from getting bombarded with intrusive scams like 10kg weight-loss in 2 days or online poker pop-ups on a daily basis. AdBlockers are an integral part of the web browsing experience for most of us. But even though advantageous, you should consider to white-list websites you frequently visit, since (meaningfull) advertisement is an important part of the free internet. Most of the time, ads are non-intrusive and a fairly small sacrifice given the gigantic amount of free content you get in exchange.
But today my intention is not to talk about why AdBlockers might hurt your advertisement campaigns, but rather how they can interfere with your actual web-app and break its functionality.
AdBlockers are like cats with machine guns on a frenzy
Visualized source code of an AdBlocker
Popular AdBlockers work with a Rambo-like mentality in mind: Kill all the ads without regarding losses! For example, they monitor the networking of your browser and block all requests that contain certain keywords considered naughty words, such as advertisement or ads. Only recently, this very behavior caused one of our Photography Management Premium Subscriber
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