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dosshelltoday at 5:42 PM2 repliesview on HN

Someone on HN that does not use ad block? This is still so confusing for me. Why not spend 40 seconds and never see any ads more?


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r0m4n0today at 6:01 PM

Some reasons I don't use them anymore (in no specific order)

1. I have had them subtly mess with websites I am working on and I probably wasted multiple hours troubleshooting an issue that wasn't an issue

2. I have had them break a web form when I was trying to purchase something

3. I have purchased some things I like from ads and wouldn't have discovered otherwise

4. I don't frequent websites that overuse them or I can't work around them

5. I'm on a work laptop sometimes and I'm not allowed to use them for corp security reasons

6. I'm not sure I trust the ad blockers themselves, their developers, or their own app security

7. It's another process that can slow down viewing a webpage

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hectdevtoday at 5:55 PM

Or AdGuard on a Raspberry Pi paired with Tailscale and never see ads on any machines you own again even on cellular.