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[โ€“] Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sure, you could do that.

You could also download the stream multiple times under different profiles, compare them and then strip away differences.

But we're quickly exiting "one guy with a bit of Javascript" territory.

[โ€“] shrugal@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We left that territory years ago. There are big community projects and entire companies built on providing adblocking features. People will build it if the need and potential audience is great enough.