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    11 day ago

    I still use Google news, I really need to get rid of it but I’ve been slacking. Anyways, every once in a while I’ll click on a story and the website will literally be paragraphs separated by gigantic, scrollable ads, and ads between paragraphs done in a way that you’re not sure if you’ve actually finished the story or not.

    I can’t use fathom being on those websites without an adblocker. It’s horrendous.

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      11 day ago

      Might I recommend an RSS reader? I use feeeds on iOS, it’s fantastic and 100% percent free.

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          11 day ago

          Great point. Hadn’t thought about that. Maybe that’s why ads don’t bother me? But then again if a website has an rss feeeed that means they consent to serving their content ads free, so I don’t think it contradicts my stance.

          But I never said I was against ad blockers anyways, I just said I didn’t use them because I feel it’s a little unfair. I have no intention of passing judgement on those who do use it, it’s up them, and like someone else at the individual level it makes little difference.