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[–] moriquende 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

to be fair, there wasn't much that needed blocking back then either. Mass tracking came about later.

[–] FlyingSquid 24 points 11 months ago (2 children)

There were a ton of ads though. And you couldn't block them.

[–] Demdaru 9 points 11 months ago

Please install a game from dodgy site you found via link diving on some forum, yes do not bother reading anything, nextnextnext...

What do you mean you have ads in ads?

I miss this wacky roulette ^^' And I still caught only the last moments of it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

The time between pop up ads / excessive ads and ad blockers being introduced wasn't that long. You'd get some annoying banner ads, but the intrusive ones were quickly blocked.