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Seeing static banner ads on 2000s websites without popups or tracking: ๐คทโโ๏ธ
Blocking ads on Firefox after popups and other crap started: ๐
Browsing the internet on Android before I realised the browser supports addons: ๐คฎ
Blocking ads and tracking on Android via uBlock origin and Privacy Badger: ๐๐
My feeling of guilt when scummy megacorporations miss out on ad revenue:
There are a couple of steps missing at the beginning. There was a time when we only blocked popups; other types of ad were fine, but popups were annoying enough that they needed special attention, and the popup-blocker was usually built-in to the browser without needing an extension. It took a couple of years for the non-popup types of ads to become obnoxious enough to warrant blocking.
Even better: system-wide DNS adblocking on Android. Get rid of in-app ads too.
Rethink DNS
Would you care to expand on that?
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