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Do you use adblock? Why? Why not? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 2 years ago by tsukii to c/[email protected]

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I posted this question because I once saw a tweet that said something like:

"If you use adblock, you don't care about creator's point blank"

What is your opinion on this? Do you agree with them?

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[–] DeadNinja 2 points 2 years ago

If I need to purchase a product or service, I will go on the web and research to find out which brand/product line will serve my purpose the best. If I see ads on the web while doing that, I do not mind. Understandably, advertisement is the only way a Company/Brand can let people know about their products/services.

But when I am relaxing in my couch in the evening and watching some video / reading some news article - I wouldn't stand any effin pop-up telling me about the latest thing around. To me that's trespassing into my attention.

So Nope. That's "Me Time", and I wouldn't entertain intrusions.

I am a big fan of uBO (I use that in Firefox), and in my Android Phone I use PersonalDNSFilter (pDSNf) with custom adblock host lists to block content at DNS level (Blokada works equally well I've heard).