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[–] LolaCat@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I always forget how many intrusive ads are on the internet. One time I shared a link to one of my family members and they almost got a virus because of a pop-up ad. The web is actually unusable without uBlock Origin.

[–] SapphicSandwich@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I shared a link from a movie streaming site not knowing that without uBlock Origin the page was covered in nearly pornographic mobile game ads.

[–] Tretiak@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

... pornographic mobile game ads

... What? Jesus.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

nearly pornographic, which describes pretty much all mobile game ads.

[–] ancedactyl@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Ah the old scantily clad warrior woman being used to advertise... a match-3 game.

[–] bappity@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ublock origin is the best! I currently use it to filter out all twitter blue users :)

[–] Mac@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Why are you on the birdsite?

[–] beached@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

uBlock is terrible, use brave browser. I cant even use the internet with ublock or adblock plugins, the amount that leaks through is annoying AF.

[–] Risk@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

uBlock Origin is not uBlock - uBlock was bought by some company that turned it to shit like many adblockers before it.

uBlock Origin is, IIRC, the open source superior product.