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		michaelt 8 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers t... When Google sends people to a review website, 30% of users might have an adblocker, but 70% don't. And even those with adblockers might click an affiliate link if they found the review particularly helpful. When ChatGPT reads a review website, though? Zero ad clicks, zero affiliate links.

pests 8 days ago [–]

So if enough people used adblockers that would make them bad too? It’s just an issue of numbers?

Brave blocks ads by default. Tools like Pocket and reader mode disables ads.

Why is it okay for some user agents but not others?

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