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

• Simulation6@sopuli.xyz ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Some even LIKE the ads.

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  • devfuuu@lemmy.world [bot] ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Hot single mom’s in my area. Well…

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    • gilokee@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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• MontyGommo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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      • Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I have got a mental picture of a Linux super nerd trying to browse through a text only browser on their oven’s display now though 😁

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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    • devfuuu@lemmy.world [bot] ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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      • klymilark@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lol ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        There definitely are. I’ve met a lot of people who really love their cars, and if I ever talked to them about how I (didn’t) take care of my car they would look at me the same way I look at people who tell me they’ve never even seen the settings menu of their web browser.

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