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Is advertising getting worse on websites?
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this post was submitted on 22 Apr 2026
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Haven't noticed anything unusual as a uBlock + Librewolf user, but I wouldn't be surprised. What exactly happens when you don't use strict mode? Are some ads still getting through?
It's all a vicious cycle fuelled by greed I'd say. I probably wouldn't be using a full-fledged ad-blocker if the web were still simple HTML pages with a couple narrow columns of static (maybe GIF at the top and bottom banners) ads on either side. A pop-up blocker would suffice. But pages got heavier, more bandwidth was needed, more profit was desired, more visitors blocked ads outright, and so on.
The other day I was playing around in Chromium without ublock and happened upon a pcworld . com link. The site was so bloated and putrefied that my computer came to a crawl in a matter of seconds. I don't understand how anyone is supposed to go through their site without an adblocker.