Were the adblockers in the mid 90s blocking parts of pages like banner ads, or were they just the popup blockers? I think I may have used the latter.
Comment on Google used to show ads I didn't mind. Now Google is THE reason I use adblockers.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 days ago
I was using adblockers well before Google existed since the internet was already full of that shit by the time they came around. Actually was kind of a selling point back in the day; no clutter, no ads, simple layout, great results.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 day ago
They didn’t block the entire element, but they blocked banners and in-page ads somehow. You’d just see a broken image icon where the ad would normally be and it wouldn’t be a clickable link.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
They were crude by today’s standards, often just blocking entire domains.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Back in the day you accepted it because it wasn’t full on tracking you, wasn’t building profiles on you, wasn’t infiltrating all your search history just to sell you shit. It was a banner, you clicked or you didn’t. Enshittification hadnt happened.
Now? Block it all!!