The filter I use to hide threads based on keywords doesn’t seem to work for urls but I’m sure this is possible aswell.

  • @Crackhappy
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    27 months ago

    Regrettably I am neither.

    • @jimmydoreisalefty
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      -17 months ago

      Hope this helps!

      Ad blocking or ad filtering is a software capability for blocking or altering online advertising in a web browser, an application or a network. This may be done using browser extensions or other methods.

      • @Crackhappy
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        27 months ago

        My original question was badly framed. I know what ad blockers are. I just don’t know why people use them.

        • Andromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼
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          27 months ago

          Because ads are annoying as fuck, slow down websites and collect all kinds of data from your browser to analyze your web browsing behavior and then sell that information to the highest bidder

        • @[email protected]
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          17 months ago

          The web is literally unusable without ad blockers. Your question is like asking “why should I stop bashing my face into the wall?”

        • @TrickDacy
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          17 months ago

          So you somehow have never noticed how miserable ads make life/the Internet? Even if you ignore all the privacy and overconsumption concerns, you still have the fact that ads slow down websites tremendously, and often literally obscure content from view. Somehow you’ve used the Internet for decades and that’s all lost on you. Trolldar is going off hard.

        • @[email protected]
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          07 months ago

          You should hope to never see an ad in your whole life. Obviously that’s impossible, but efforts should be taken to get there