We Make Money From Ads, But Here's Why Ad Blocking Matters (AFDS 2025 Recap)

We flew to Cyprus for the 2025 Ad Filtering Dev Summit where researchers and engineers from Brave, DuckDuckGo, AdGuard, Firefox, Ghostery, eyeo, and others revealed the future of ad blocking. In this video we summarize five critical talks that are shaping the future of the ad industry. Thank you AdGuard and Ghostery for inviting us and making the trip possible!

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📱 RESOURCES IN VIDEO • AFDS 2025 Speaker Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL61EKVIQWizG0tIYqNDoenVaOWSiaAsyb • DuckDuckGo AutoConsent: https://github.com/duckduckgo/autoconsent • uBlock Origin Element Zapper: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Element-zapper • AdGuard: https://adguard.com • Brave Browser: https://brave.com • Mullvad Browser: https://mullvad.net/en/browser • Tor Browser: https://www.torproject.org

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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 INTRO 00:43 SYSTEM-WIDE AD BLOCKING ON iOS 01:17 PROTECTION FROM COOKIE POP-UPS 02:31 AD BLOCKING ON AI BROWSERS 03:15 WHEN PRIVACY EXTENSIONS HURT YOU 04:29 PREVENTING ANDROID LOCALHOST ATTACKS 05:44 OVERVIEW OF HENRY’S TALK 08:01 OUTRO

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