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[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

That feature it uses to silently click ads increased the RAM usage of my browser by a lot on two separate systems (my android phone, and my PC) and since I really do not give an extra fuck about clicking ads in the background (Google still makes millions, and the plugin dev is also using the clicks to make money via affiliate) and I only care about blocking them, I went back to uBlock Origin.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

and the plugin dev is also using the clicks to make money via affiliate

That's actually kinda brilliant and I'm jealous. I might actually install it just to reward his intelligence. I can't blame him for doing it, I'd do it too if I was in his shoes; I wish I'd thought of it first.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

The developers are three wealthy tech-bros, not one guy struggling.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Ah, well. Still pretty smart, though I'm a bit less interested now.