amonks
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8 years ago reminds me of this project from a few years back: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/add-art/
http://add-art.org/ >> u might even say it's a lot like that project, but keep in mind that shouldn't be a reason not to do it, just a confirmation that it's a good enough idea for others to have had && seen to fruition. some of the details seem a bit different, on the site it says "contribute" but i remember it being a strictly curated thing. i think making it more community driven is a good idea. the site seems a bit dead but the repo seems active: https://github.com/slambert/add-art. take a look at it && see how this idea relates to that one. could be worth getting in touch? collaborating in some way? perhaps forking the project? or maybe just using it as a reference to xpand upon.
also, it reminds me of http://idlescreenings.com/, seems like that project is also a bit dead, but it was another interesting take on exhibiting work on peoples computers in unconventional spaces ( in this case, the screen saver becomes a gallery )
googled around for existing examples of ad replacement; found:
https://github.com/grevory/doge-ad-blocker-chrome-extension
and more interestingly
http://add-art.org/ https://github.com/slambert/Add-Art
^ which [the wonderful] steve lambert started at eyebeam around 2008 and which has received lots of press over the years, and which is quite similar to Radblock. It looks like you have to install your own art, which puts us in different niches, though there are old references to "curators" and rotating shows, so maybe it was different in the past or I'm missing something.
I haven't dug much into the code, but it looks like both of these examples use the same basic approach to ad-finding: