▲ 1194 ▼ Adblockers stop publishers serving ads to (or even seeing) 1bn web users - Press Gazette (pressgazette.co.uk) submitted 1 year ago by 1984@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 338 comments fedilink hide all child comments They call it "dark traffic" - ads that are not seen by tech-savvy users who have excellent ad blockers. Not surprised that its growing. The web is unusable without an ad blocker and its only getting worse, and will continue to get worse every month.
[–] grue@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (4 children) Then I guess I'm not looking at those pages. No skin of my nose. That works until every website starts doing it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Almacca@aussie.zone 16 points 1 year ago (2 children) :shrug: So be it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AntEater@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Exactly. I'll go back to browsing the web with Lynx before I accept ads. If it breaks, it breaks... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Arcka@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago Gladly go back to every site having an animated 'under construction' gif. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Dojan@pawb.social 4 points 1 year ago I use Mullvad's VPN and DNS on a router level. Every device on my network is blanketed by it. Some services don't work, but I am willing to sacrifice their profits for my integrity. Thus, to them I say 然らば fuckmothers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 16 points 1 year ago (2 children) :shrug: So be it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AntEater@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Exactly. I'll go back to browsing the web with Lynx before I accept ads. If it breaks, it breaks... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Arcka@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago Gladly go back to every site having an animated 'under construction' gif. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AntEater@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Exactly. I'll go back to browsing the web with Lynx before I accept ads. If it breaks, it breaks... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Arcka@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago Gladly go back to every site having an animated 'under construction' gif. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Arcka@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago Gladly go back to every site having an animated 'under construction' gif. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dojan@pawb.social 4 points 1 year ago I use Mullvad's VPN and DNS on a router level. Every device on my network is blanketed by it. Some services don't work, but I am willing to sacrifice their profits for my integrity. Thus, to them I say 然らば fuckmothers. permalink fedilink source parent