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Why AdNauseam instead of uBlock?

• romanovcode 9y ago
  Because it's so bad for ad business that even google store blocked it.
• nukeop 9y ago
  It's a fork of uBlock, so it has the exact same base functionality, but as an additional benefit it helps fight the ad industry actively.
  • kbenson 9y ago
    > as an additional benefit it helps fight the ad industry actively What does that mean, and why would I want to fight the ad industry actively? (I'm being serious, I don't like the tracking of the ad industry generally resorts to online, but I think blindly assuming the whole industry has no value whatsoever is very shortsighted) Edit: Man, I hate when I write 300+ words on a a reply only for the parent comment to be deleted prior to my getting to post it. :/
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    • detaro 9y ago
      It still loads the ads and the things they link to, so it spends your bandwidth and CPU power on creating noise/fake signals for the ad networks.
      • kbenson 9y ago
        Ah, so it fights online ad profile generation and tracking from ad networks. That's laudable (and useful).
        • detaro 9y ago
          Profile generation maybe: if it clicks randomly, the ad network doesn't know what's a "good ad" for you Tracking I'd say less: your browser is loading the ads embedded in various sites and reveals more than if it just blocked.