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minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-24 days agoDid ad blocking work much differently from today, back in the 90s? Or was it the same kind of just “block requests from this domain”, kind of deal?
minus-squaretempest@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 days agoA lot of it was blocking IP’s and Domains in your hosts file since a lot of those connections were dial up, not high speed. Once networking expanded a bit, it was blocking the same in your router. There were maintained lists around like there are today as well.
Did ad blocking work much differently from today, back in the 90s? Or was it the same kind of just “block requests from this domain”, kind of deal?
A lot of it was blocking IP’s and Domains in your hosts file since a lot of those connections were dial up, not high speed.
Once networking expanded a bit, it was blocking the same in your router. There were maintained lists around like there are today as well.
Neat, thanks for sharing.