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People could have been doing this with JS for a long time. This is hardly the first virtual machine in JS and it seems like overkill.

The far more likely way we'll see push back against Ad Blockers is by simply detecting that an Ad did not play and then refusing to display content until it does.



How about reversing the idea? Play the ad in the WASM browser and not pass it on to the outer instance.


the outer instance is still needed for http requests, so it can still block ads


WebTransport + encryption


My browser: I totally played that ad to the user. Trust me bro.




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