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TygrBright

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3. I might not be so adamant about ad-blocking...

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Sun May 22, 2016, 10:58 PM

May 2016

...if a) they didn't slow down loading; and b) they didn't have tons of data-gathering and tracking attached to them.

Which is, indeed, sort of the same thing.

But, yeah.

A "flat" ad that takes up little screen real estate doesn't bother me much. I'd leave them, but I need the blockers to keep the nasty ones at bay.

wearily,
Bright

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People are turning on ad blockers because of data-consuming ad tech [View all] SecularMotion May 2016 OP

I put HuffPo in my hosts file lpbk2713 May 2016 #1

Turning off javascript for a site works wonders. ManiacJoe May 2016 #2

I might not be so adamant about ad-blocking... TygrBright May 2016 #3

Also the automated fashion with which they load ads on the backend mythology May 2016 #5

Surfing without Ad-Blockers Earth Bound Misfit May 2016 #4

I prefer Ghostery Pastiche423 Jun 2016 #6