Microsoft plans to build ad blocker into its Microsoft Edge browser

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Microsoft plans to build ad blocker into its Microsoft Edge browser

bill

4:16 am on Mar 31, 2016 (gmt 0)

http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-plans-to-build-ad-blocker-into-its-microsoft-edge-browser/ [zdnet.com]

Microsoft plans to build ad blocker into its Microsoft Edge browser

Who needs extensions like AdBlock Plus? In a session for Web developers today, Microsoft revealed that the next version of Microsoft Edge will include its own ad blocker.

creeking

10:46 am on Mar 31, 2016 (gmt 0)

will it block bing ads? hmmmm

engine

12:03 pm on Mar 31, 2016 (gmt 0)

Oh, the irony of it.

Virtually every browser will soon have ad blocking built in, or it'll be throttled by third parties. [webmasterworld.com]

I asked the question about identifying stats for ad blocking. [webmasterworld.com]

robzilla

12:12 pm on Mar 31, 2016 (gmt 0)

...and will MSN.com survive?

robzilla

8:23 am on Apr 1, 2016 (gmt 0)

Turns out the slide was misleading. Edge will allow extensions, including ad blockers, but there will be no built-in ad blocker.
Source: [twitter.com...]

bill

8:26 am on Apr 1, 2016 (gmt 0)

Oh well. It was fun to speculate for a day...