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Salon appears to be the first major outlet to officially adopt cryptocurrency mining for revenue: visitors who browse the site have the option of either turning their ad-blocker off, or allowing Salon to use their unused computing power.
Salon visitors running adblock are seeing a new pop-up that blocks access to the site’s content until one of two things are done: the adblock is disabled or the user allows the site to “use your unused computing power.” In explaining why it has added this alternative, Salon explains the issue of ad-blocking software and the loss of revenue it has created.
Salon visitors running adblock are seeing a new pop-up that blocks access to the site’s content until one of two things are done: the adblock is disabled or the user allows the site to “use your unused computing power.” In explaining why it has added this alternative, Salon explains the issue of ad-blocking software and the loss of revenue it has created.
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