From the article:
> While it offers ad blocking software, the company generates revenue from ads through its Acceptable Ads program – advertisers pay to have ads that are "respectful, nonintrusive and relevant" exempted from filtering. Non-commercial open source projects like uBlock Origin rely on community support.
From https://eyeo.com/
> Deliver more effective ads to a unique and valuable audience of 400 million ad-filtering users.
Granted, I don't know how they'd actually enforce an adblocker ban, but this is a country in which it is illegal to call politicians "idiots," and they will literally break down your door and arrest you if you do: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/man-s-home-raided-after...
So, while I don't think it's likely, it's certainly not outrageous to think that a publisher could detect that you're not downloading certain content (just like how various anti-adblock scripts function) and request that police go to your address, arrest you and check your computers for "illicit adblockers."
Is Germany on the brink of banning ad blockers?
Use encryption, anonymity networks, cryptocurrencies, and no logs VPN's with endpoints in countries that have no authority over you. That should take care of the majority of users that require and enjoy human rights.
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