We’ve been anticipating it for years,1 and it’s finally happening. Google is finally killing uBlock Origin – with a note on their web store stating that the ...

We’ve been anticipating it for years,1 and it’s finally happening. Google is finally killing uBlock Origin – with a note on their web store stating that the …

  • lemmus@szmer.info
    432·
    9 hours ago

    You want free and private internet - Ok You don’t want ads - Ok So who is going to give you something for free and why?

    • OmnipotentEntity@beehaw.org
      3·
      36 minutes ago

      Ad block is the number one thing you can do on the Internet to reduce your risk to exploits, phishing, etc. The US government recommends the use of ad block specifically for this reason. Usage of ad block is basic internet security hygiene.

    • Solumbran@lemmy.world
      16·
      5 hours ago

      Funny as the internet was designed as being free.

      Maybe just educate yourself a little. In general, not just about that.

    • abbenm@lemmy.ml
      9·
      5 hours ago

      Ok So who is going to give you something for free and why?

      People who value the ability to do publish information, or engage in personal expression, for starters.

    • nous@programming.devEnglish
      12·
      8 hours ago

      I don’t mind ads so much. What I don’t want in invasive tracking and collection of every scrap of data they can to push ads on you. Give some dumb ads based on the damned contents of the page and I would be fine. But no, ads is basically a synonym for tracking these days.

    • lemmus@szmer.info
      223·
      7 hours ago

      I knew it will be downvoted, but you have to realize, nothing is free in this world kids, I don’t like it too, but it is what it is.