Comment on Ad blocking is alive and well, despite Chrome's attempts to make it harder

• Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Don’t forget that most people don’t know that blocking ads is possible. To most people, their browser is on an appliance, like a washing machine or fridge. They know how to do the basics, but that’s about it.

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  • Simulation6@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Some even LIKE the ads.

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    • devfuuu@lemmy.world [bot] ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I’m pretty sure I’ve clicked im like 3 ads in my life accidentally. But I saw people actively clicking in ads on purpose regularly and that shit shocked me completely. People don’t look at it as malware and phishing links lime I do and think it’s a good thing. Internet was a mistake.

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      • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I’ve heard the phrase “I saw an ad on Instagram for…” way too many fucking times.

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      • kambusha@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Hot single mom’s in my area. Well…

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      • gilokee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I used to click on ads when they were hosted by Project Wonderful. :( Shit was amazing. I even hosted some back in the day.

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      • hayvan@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I use Ad Nausaem (probably butchered the spelling) Firefox plugin on my home PC for that. Instead of blocking ads, it hides them into a sandbox and “clicks” on them in the background. Won’t use it on anything battery-powered though.

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  • MontyGommo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    So I’m not trying to be contrary… but who is using their browser on an appliance?! Certainly not ‘most people’?

    I would agree that there is a general ignorance of adblockers but there’s no way most people are using browsers on appliances…

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    • Zer0_F0x@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I believe he meant “people use their browser like they use an appliance” as in they don’t know any details about it, just open it and use it as is.

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    • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      What? Nobody’s using their browser on an appliance (except for a handful of masochists with Samsung fridges). I said to most people their browser is on an appliance, as in they treat computers, phones, and laptops like appliances, in that they’re mysterious boxes that do a particular job.

      Hardly anyone is trying to hack their appliances, and the majority of people just lump their computing devices into the same category - it does what it was designed for and nothing else

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      • MontyGommo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Haha, clearly a misunderstanding then… I think the ‘on an appliance’ part did it! In any case we seem to agree!

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    • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      A computer is an appliance. In the strictest sense of the word.

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      • devfuuu@lemmy.world [bot] ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Just like I treat my car and for other that’s offensive because a car is a passion project. I can imagine the parallels.

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• ftbd@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Or who do so little cleaning at home that their appartment becomes almost unusable or outright dangerous to live in

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• dukemirage@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Similar light? Go get some fresh air. It’s just a bunch of ads, the worst are avoidable if you don’t visit clickbait sites.

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  • Prox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Found the person who needs to leave their partner.

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    • gilokee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      rekt

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  • ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    All of them are avoidable if you block them.

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  • Passerby6497@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Mainstream sites have been known to spread malware due to the lack of vetting process they go through.

    But really, it’s just an a bit of malware, you slipped and clicked it yourself, your ads didn’t do anything.

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