Microsoft doesn't plan to install ad-blockers to its new browser releases

Microsoft is entering the ad-blocking wars by bringing the tool to browsers.

The company is baking ad-blocking capabilities into Edge, its browser replacement for the dominant Internet Explorer. First spotted by ZDNet, a slide detailing the new Edge features included a line about adding ad-blocking functionalities, which is slated to be rolled out in the coming weeks to Window 10 users.

That means ad-blocking is becoming closer to mass adoption as users won’t have to install an extension, such as AdBlock Plus, to their browsers since pesky ads will automatically be wiped away.

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