• ArchRecord
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    1273 months ago

    Adblockers are the largest consumer boycott in history.

    Google isn’t just disabling an extension, they’re attacking a boycott comprised of 200,000,000+ people, all around the globe, standing up to forced manipulation of our beliefs and habits by profit-hungry corporations.

    • @[email protected]
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      163 months ago

      If Google presented me with ads for things I might be interested in and in a non-invasive way, wouldn’t mind looking at them at all.

      Instead I get ads for the seemingly random shit I have absolutely zero interest in buying. How they are consistently wrong about my spending habits is unbelievable. I have two fucking hobbies! I don’t see ads for anything relating to them. Ever.

      • @madcaesar
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        123 months ago

        Ad blockers block more than just shitty ads. They also block malicious ads.

      • @pete_the_cat
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        93 months ago

        Also, there’s like 10 per webpage, and then you have the damn pop-ups when you scroll 🤬

    • @irreticent
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      73 months ago

      I never thought about it that way. Interesting. Thanks!

    • @TCB13
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      33 months ago

      You’re correct, and now people will boycott Chrome. Firefox and Brave are good / accessible / easy to get for most people so…

    • @itsnotits
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      -53 months ago

      a boycott comprising* 200,000,000+ people