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Spot on. Websites will turn from bloated to extremely bloated. Shipping 5 MB of bytecode will help with:

* Obfuscating dark patterns e.g. aggressive fingerprinting based on hardware, OS, cache contents, timing

* Breaking ad blockers

* Breaking tracking blockers like Privacy Badger

* Preventing uBlock Origin from removing annoying elements

* Preventing scraping

* Offering different prices for goods and services based on the hardware and software (as it happened before)




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