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by Hugsbox4 hours ago |
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upvoteby projektfu1 hours ago|
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It went away when I scrolled past it, but it is still a form of a dickover that shouldn't happen on good websites.
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upvoteby 9dev4 hours ago|
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Why would you even browse the web without using an ad blocker?
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upvoteby omoikane2 hours ago|
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So that you would notice sites that are serving obnoxious ads, and remember not to visit them in the future.

Maybe you are saying "the whole internet is like that now, it's impossible to find good sites without obnoxious ads", but I don't think it's that bad yet (hacker news is a good counterexample). But if everyone keep visiting user hostile sites, the site operators will see no incentive to change.

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upvoteby Hugsbox4 hours ago|
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The "ad" as described in my comment isn't really an ad in the typical sense, it's baked into the website. But the real reason is, I'm on my work computer and unable to install browser extensions.
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upvoteby 9dev3 hours ago|
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You should urgently contact your IT department. Not enforcing ad blocking extensions is a security liability.
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upvoteby Hugsbox3 hours ago|
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I'm in the IT department. Unfortunately massive global corporations routinely make extremely misguided decisions and don't particularly give a shit about what people like me have to say on the matter.
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upvoteby smallerize2 hours ago|
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How about the FBI https://www.ic3.gov/PSA/2022/PSA221221 or CISA https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/services/adblock ?
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upvoteby Hugsbox1 hours ago|
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I'm well aware of all this, but I think you folks might be underestimating the hubris of gigantic corporations and how little my input as one IT guy at one little factory in one little part of the world means to the people who actually make decisions. Even if I wanted to bring these things to their attention, there is absolutely zero chance they'd ever so much as open an email from me. Whatever the company decides is gospel, only a fool would question their genius.
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upvoteby layer81 hours ago|
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The site hides its content after a few seconds when using an ad blocker (on mobile Safari), showing a modal prompt asking to disable the ad blocker.

Of course there are ways around this, but at that point I don’t bother which such blogs anymore. It is a bit ironic given the subject of this blog post.

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upvoteby xnx4 hours ago|
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No good options on Android right now. You can use Firefox, but there are a lot of tradeoffs.
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upvoteby radiorental3 hours ago|
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I'm curious what the tradeoffs are, I exclusively use FF and any time Chrome auto opens via a link I immediately baulk at the experience.
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upvoteby xnx2 hours ago|
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Save page, speed, battery life, bookmark sync, tab sync, and password sync are all slightly better in Chrome.

I used Firefox on Android for probably 11 years before switching to Dolphin (RIP) and then stock Chrome when Firefox made it a huge pain to install extensions. I keep waiting for someone to fully enable extensions on Chrome for Android.

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upvoteby leosanchez3 hours ago|
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I use FF exclusively and disabled chrome on my Android phone.

Lucky me :)

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upvoteby sqquima4 hours ago|
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And a clearly AI-generated or at least AI-assisted post.
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upvoteby tomasphan4 hours ago|
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It’s not clear to me. What makes you sure it’s AI assisted?
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upvoteby shaky-carrousel4 hours ago|
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> Google Home used to be one of my favourite gadgets.

> Not because it was smart.

> Because it was useful.

I was half expecting "and that's bold" after that.

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upvoteby deafpolygon4 hours ago|
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It might be quietly bold in a world of stunning declarations.
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upvoteby warpfactor4 hours ago|
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and load bearing
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upvoteby input_sh4 hours ago|
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I promise you that she went through the effort of putting less ads than what Adsense does by default.
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upvoteby intrasight4 hours ago|
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It is ironic that so many articles calling out enshittification are themselves examples of the same.
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