The ad blocking war is going to go hot.<p>1) Ad blocker usage doubles on the desktop in Western Europe and the US by the end of the year.<p>2) Websites locking out users of ad blockers becomes routine, rather than exceptional.<p>3) There will be at least one successful legislative attempt to outlaw ad blocking, in Europe.<p>4) Long shot: Apple ships a minor (+0.1) update to iOS with ad blocking enabled by default. (Blackberry might do the same, but it would not be as consequential as Apple doing it.)<p>Bookmark so you can all laugh at how wrong I was!