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.

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