Thread · 2 tweets · 9 Jan 2018

Did you know the first ad-blocker was invented in the 50s and shaped like a revolver? 🔫 "The Attention Merchants", by @superwuster. Lots of fascinating background against which to understand ads and tracking today, should be required reading for tech folks.

I mean, let’s face it: if ad-blockers were still this cool internet advertising would be dead already.