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Weren't adblocker-blockers judged going against gdpr?
Yes
Could you provide more info? On what grounds?
Basically the stuff they need to detect whether ads are actually shown needs information of the device state that are generally not available according to Article 5(3) ePR.
The e-privacy directive is not a thing yet.