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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Firefox+AdNauseam

Watching the numbers on each page go up is entertainment enough. Best part is that it stops the ad popping in the background so your page rarely jumps

[–] maccentric@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How’s that compare with Ublock.origin?

[–] such_fifty_bucks@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago

AdNauseam integrates with UBO, so you'd get both. Basically, it virtualizes clicks on ads so ad sellers get charged for the click but it's all hidden in the background from you.

That said, I kinda have mixed feelings about it. Ad clicks will help support sites you like, so even if you're blocking ads you're still getting 'served' and 'interacting' with them. On the other hand, it tells sites 'hey all these ads you're serving aren't making your website shitty and unusable (but they generally are) so keep it up! And it tells ad agencies and the industry 'oh yeah we sure love clicking ads keep slapping them in my face at every corner'. And if ad buyers are realizing their clicks are all ghost clicks, they'll stop buying ad space. Which just means shittier lowest common denominator ads in more places.

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

It's different from the technical end but it works by clicking the ads and filling them with junk to cost. It essentially removes the ad for you