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[-] [email protected] 221 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] [email protected] 106 points 1 year ago

Step 1 is critical because ad blockers on Chrome (for obvious reasons) have some limitations. Even the developer of uBlock origin recommends Firefox: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-best-on-Firefox

[-] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago

Alternatively. Get Adnausem

It is built on top of ublock origin and will "click" on the adverts behind the scenes and make advertisers think you like a product messing with your advertising profile.

It also has a nice AdVault so you can see what advertisers are trying to push onto you.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Even better: get Librewolf with uBO pre-installed!

[-] [email protected] 114 points 1 year ago

Just get uBlock Origin instead. Years ago I made the switch and never looked back!

[-] [email protected] 88 points 1 year ago

Adblock Plus sold themselves out so fucking bad lmao

[-] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it was obvious when the original dev sold out, but I could never be seen in public again at this point. It's a disgrace. "hey look guys, it's the one who saved the internet and then sold their dignity because they are a massive pussy!" every second of every day has to be brutal. That check could never be enough for that.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

It helps if you can wipe your tears away with 100 dollar bills.

[-] [email protected] 73 points 1 year ago

You shouldn't be using AdblockPlus anyways...what is wrong with you?

[-] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago

Why the fuck are people still using adblock? They did a similar thing many years ago already, which is when ublock properly took off.

[-] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago
[-] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

Geez, just use uBlock Origin

[-] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

To be honest everyone should think of their adblock developers, support uBlock Origin existance

[-] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

absolute chad holy fuck.

[-] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

I believe what they're referencing is sites that require you disable your ad blocker to access; they're saying you will be able to bypass those gates while keeping your ad blocker enabled

Still enshitification though. Fuck everything about this

[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

If you're going to spend €40, you might as well get a Raspberry Pi and setup a PiHole. You cam also run your own Mastodon server and Lemmy instance on it if you set them all using Docker.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Are they not a German company? In that case they have to show the price including VAT. AFAIK a price that excludes VAT, even if that is stated, is not enough when selling to consumers.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Tha's a nice adblawck ya got there. Be a shame if... it suddenly stopped working, doncha think?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Shoulda been plus plus.

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Enshittification

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The phenomenon of online platforms gradually degrading the quality of their services, often by promoting advertisements and sponsored content, in order to increase profits. (Cory Doctorow, 2022, extracted from Wikitionary) source

The lifecycle of Big Internet

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Embrace, extend and extinguish

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