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muriel_volestrangler

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15. ad blockers can produce their own problems

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Fri Oct 28, 2022, 10:12 AM

Oct 2022

Various sites detect you're using one, and refuse to serve you a page until you've disabled it.

It would be simpler to advise people who want to sink Google etc. "don't use them".

But the thing to realise is that 99.999% of the world will never see your message, because DU is a tiny corner of the internet.

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How to sink Twitter, Facebook/Meta and Google in weeks. (posted in GD, Computer Help and Support) [View all] usonian Oct 2022 OP

I use Ublock Origin + DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials. n/t CousinIT Oct 2022 #1

I had not tried Opera, but like it a lot. Simeon Salus Oct 2022 #2

My brother uses Opera. On LINUX! usonian Oct 2022 #3

I was using Firefox for years but now it's practically useless to me. Simeon Salus Oct 2022 #5

used opera Conjuay Oct 2022 #6

If I may ForgedCrank Oct 2022 #4

Firefox + the NoScript add-on will work, too ... n/t wackadoo wabbit Oct 2022 #7

Chrome is going to be heavily restricting Adblocker functionality next year. Lancero Oct 2022 #8

K&R. Wednesdays Oct 2022 #9

K&R! Great suggestions burrowowl Oct 2022 #10

I blend Ad Block Plus with uOrigin on Firefox Sympthsical Oct 2022 #11

Those don't work on twitter Takket Oct 2022 #12

Thanks for the info. I don't use twitter. usonian Oct 2022 #13

Other than annoyance, why do you object to ads? brooklynite Oct 2022 #14

Advertising is a poison. usonian Oct 2022 #16

The "poison" goes back more than 2,000 years... brooklynite Oct 2022 #17

ad blockers can produce their own problems muriel_volestrangler Oct 2022 #15