Comment on Online Ads Can Infect Your Device with Spyware

• HurlingDurling@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  They have blocked users in the past from seeing any videos until their adblocker it removed

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  • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You still have the option of closing the tab and moving on with life, or digging in to see if there’s another way around it.

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    • MrFlamey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Closing the tab and moving on with life is what I do when a Twitter login prompt or paywall appears. I’ve often thought it would be better for me to unblock ads, at least on timewasting sites like Youtube, just so that I get pissed off by the ads and close the tab, making it easier to stop wasting time.

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