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DigitalPaperTrail@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

yep... no defense at all...

https://pi-hole.net/

I really wish there was something that works against them

https://ublockorigin.com/

it really sucks that there isn't

https://privacybadger.org/

maybe someone will come along eventually and solve this problem

https://openwrt.org/supported_devices
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/services/ad-blocking

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aceshigh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
It takes some savviness to do this. Most people aren’t techy enough.

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- DigitalPaperTrail@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  the first two is literally just download and forget about it, but I'll give you needing some know-how on the others
  
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  - aceshigh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    it’s scary for people who don’t understand it. i would never ask my parents to get it because i know that any errors or whatever their computer will get will get blamed on the extension and get blamed on me.
    
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    Dagrothus@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    You wouldn’t ask your boomer parents to block ads that will likely get them to install viruses or get scammed? They are easily the demographic that would benefit the most from ublock.
    
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  - Bebo@literature.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Thing is most people are unaware of the harmful nature of ads and don’t care to do anything to block them.
    
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