Ad blocking and the future of free content – Tech Weekly podcast

Can the publishing industry survive now that increasing numbers of people are choosing to block online ads?

This week on the podcast we discuss a problem that cuts to the very core of what we do. How long can the online advertising model continue to support web publishers?

In the wake of Apple's latest IOS update which offered content blocking extensions to Safari for the first time, we look at the potentially devastating effects it could have on publishers, the Guardian among them.

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