alt Hacker NewsIs anyone here actually browsing the internet without ad-blockers?
As soon as I accidentally turn them off I am disgusted by the consumerist, snake-oil, sexist, shit-storm that's advertisement.
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shawn_w • today at 7:50 PM
The average viewer probably doesn't know ad blockers exist.
cyberax • today at 8:49 PM
I run adblock, but it's been not very effective lately. Sites either work around it, or just outright refuse to work.
Technically I run a tracking blocker, it just happens to block 90+% of all ads because they want to track me.
I don't understand why ads aren't targeted towards the content of the page, rather than me as a person, that seems to be more correct in the majority of the cases.
I did accidentally try to play a YouTube video without signing into my premium account. That platforms is completely impossible to watch without premium or an ad blocker. YouTube managers should be forced to watch a few hours of content with ads enabled.