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		yuhong on Sept 24, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Crystal, iOS ad blocker, to accept money to let ad... I don't think ads are the same as viruses. There are different kinds of ads for example, and not all of them use tracking or even pay by the pageview.

anonymfus on Sept 24, 2015 [–]

They are malicious memes. Analogy could be about their effect on brains.

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