• Evelyn
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    1 year ago

    If I lose my ad blocker it’s like losing access to the internet for me

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      1 year ago

      Pretty much, and I think this highlights just how important it is to have at least two independently developed browser engines. If Chromium becomes the only game in town that would effectively let Google, which makes most of its revenue from ads, decide how we access the internet. That would be an absolutely terrible scenario to be in.

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        1 year ago

        I’m starting to think that we got a cyberpunk dystopia, just without any cool neon signs.

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      1 year ago

      I’d even specify that. Loosing uBlock Origin on Firefox is like getting rid of the web per se.

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        1 year ago

        Does that work for the ads in YouTube videos? We have messed around with pie hole at our house but it doesn’t work for videos.

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      I just went to a website that gave me a full page ad with no X button to close out of it.

      Hell no. Shit is going to get so bad if they remove ad-blockers. Fastest way to kill their user-base.