# Advertisers move from pop-ups to flash

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/advertisers-move-from-pop-ups-to-flash/46761>\
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**Created:** [March 27, 2004, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/advertisers-move-from-pop-ups-to-flash/46761 "2004-03-27T18:40:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Maizoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Maizoon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Maizoon)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2004, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/advertisers-move-from-pop-ups-to-flash/46761/1 "2004-03-27T18:40:19Z")

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[http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,62541,00.html](http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,62541,00.html)

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EarthLink, which claims to be the first large ISP to offer rich-media blocking, launched a service to disable Flash in May.

Does this service know the difference between legit content (ie a flash based site) and advertising?