The Future of Ad Blocking: An Analytical Framework and New Techniques [pdf]
&quot;Our work refutes the belief that the battle between publishers and users is leading to a permanent arms race between the two parties, and presents a much more nuanced picture.&quot;<p>&quot;There is a significant need for follow-on technical work into the expansion of techniques that we have introduced as well as a debate on the ethics of ad blocking.&quot;<p>Is there really a need for debase on the ethics of ad blocking at all? How could you defend presenting ads as being ethical at all? Do they really provide any value to our lives? I keep seeing it just as a waste of human attention and wondering what humanity would be like if we rejected the concept of spamming us with advertisements via every possible channel. Is it just me or we should stop accepting them and start working on building society where this is not accepted or at the very least, greatly excised?