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Discussion on: Mining cryptocurrencies instead of having ads?

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Sites, and networks, that abuse the end-user's computer should, and will, rightfully by labelled as malware. They will be aggressively blocked, and hopefully filtered out by search engines.

This is a shady practice that disrepects the user's equipment, costs the user money, and is bad for the environment.

It's like a mall that robs of you your wallet when you enter for fear that you might not enter any of the stores.