▲ 1021 ▼ Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled (www.bleepingcomputer.com) submitted 2 years ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world 437 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] ArchRecord@lemm.ee 127 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 16 points 2 years ago (3 children) If Google presented me with ads for things I might be interested in and in a non-invasive way, wouldn’t mind looking at them at all. Instead I get ads for the seemingly random shit I have absolutely zero interest in buying. How they are consistently wrong about my spending habits is unbelievable. I have two fucking hobbies! I don’t see ads for anything relating to them. Ever. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago Ad blockers block more than just shitty ads. They also block malicious ads. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago Also, there's like 10 per webpage, and then you have the damn pop-ups when you scroll 🤬 permalink fedilink source parent [–] theoretiker@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago Sounds like you need to give Google more private information permalink fedilink source parent [–] irreticent@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago I never thought about it that way. Interesting. Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent [–] TCB13@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago You're correct, and now people will boycott Chrome. Firefox and Brave are good / accessible / easy to get for most people so... permalink fedilink source parent [–] itsnotits@lemmy.world -5 points 2 years ago a boycott comprising* 200,000,000+ people permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 16 points 2 years ago (3 children) If Google presented me with ads for things I might be interested in and in a non-invasive way, wouldn’t mind looking at them at all. Instead I get ads for the seemingly random shit I have absolutely zero interest in buying. How they are consistently wrong about my spending habits is unbelievable. I have two fucking hobbies! I don’t see ads for anything relating to them. Ever. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago Ad blockers block more than just shitty ads. They also block malicious ads. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago Also, there's like 10 per webpage, and then you have the damn pop-ups when you scroll 🤬 permalink fedilink source parent [–] theoretiker@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago Sounds like you need to give Google more private information permalink fedilink source parent
[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago Ad blockers block more than just shitty ads. They also block malicious ads. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago Also, there's like 10 per webpage, and then you have the damn pop-ups when you scroll 🤬 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] theoretiker@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago Sounds like you need to give Google more private information permalink fedilink source parent
[–] irreticent@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago I never thought about it that way. Interesting. Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TCB13@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago You're correct, and now people will boycott Chrome. Firefox and Brave are good / accessible / easy to get for most people so... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] itsnotits@lemmy.world -5 points 2 years ago a boycott comprising* 200,000,000+ people permalink fedilink source parent