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q5VtXnYt ( q5VtXnYt@infosec.pub )  to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years ago

How the web became unreadable

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How the web became unreadable

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q5VtXnYt ( q5VtXnYt@infosec.pub )  to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years ago
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  • LolaCat ( LolaCat@beehaw.org ) 
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    I always forget how many intrusive ads are on the internet. One time I shared a link to one of my family members and they almost got a virus because of a pop-up ad. The web is actually unusable without uBlock Origin.

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      I shared a link from a movie streaming site not knowing that without uBlock Origin the page was covered in nearly pornographic mobile game ads.

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        • Dave ( Dave@lemmy.nz ) 
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          nearly pornographic, which describes pretty much all mobile game ads.

          • ancedactyl ( ancedactyl@lemmy.ml ) 
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            Ah the old scantily clad warrior woman being used to advertise… a match-3 game.

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        I’ve been jumpscared by hentai ads when I accidentally followed a pirating link to safari rather than firefox. Movie streaming sites are some of the worst offenders.

    • wintrparkgrl ( wintrparkgrl@beehaw.org ) 
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      this is the #1 reason, #2 being the initial reason I started using adblockers in 2010, ads with audio

    • bappity ( bappity@lemmy.ml ) 
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      ublock origin is the best! I currently use it to filter out all twitter blue users :)

      • Mac ( Mac@lemmy.world ) 
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        Why are you on the birdsite?

        • bappity ( bappity@lemmy.ml ) 
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          to suffer

    • beached ( beached@lemmy.ml ) 
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      uBlock is terrible, use brave browser. I cant even use the internet with ublock or adblock plugins, the amount that leaks through is annoying AF.

      • Risk ( Risk@lemmy.world ) 
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        uBlock Origin is not uBlock - uBlock was bought by some company that turned it to shit like many adblockers before it.

        uBlock Origin is, IIRC, the open source superior product.

        • Catweazle ( Catweazle@social.vivaldi.net ) 
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          @Risk @beached, the best of all adblockers, and yes, no confuse uBlock with uBlock Origin.

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