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I've never routinely run an adblocker in, whatever, 25 years online. I've experimented with them here and there, and tend to find that the unintended consequen
by rconti 6y ago
I've never routinely run an adblocker in, whatever, 25 years online.
I've experimented with them here and there, and tend to find that the unintended consequences are as much of a hassle as the ads.
I keep meaning to try a PiHole but I'm not sure I'll have much better luck.
- svdr 6y agoI never really used an adblocker as well, but now I'm using nextdns which does really good filtering at the dns level (not affiliated).
- nhooyr 6y agoWhat unintended consequences?
- jessaustin 6y agoSometimes checkout on storefront sites will rely on scripts served from domains that adblockers block. When this happens, it's easy enough to turn the adblocker off for a few minutes (or, conversely, to decide "nope I'm not shopping here").
- kawsper 6y agoAdblockers broke EasyJets navigation on their website, I think they have since fixed it.
- rconti 6y agoWeird formatting, things not working and you not remembering/understanding why, trying to keep settings in sync across browsers and platforms, and so on. IOW I've found it easier to tolerate ads and slow sites "functioning as intended" than the much-less-frequent but far-more-maddening broken functionality that takes me "longer than it should" to troublehsoot. I'm not sure I've used uBlock though, mostly ABP over the years.
- y-c-o-m-b 6y ago> unintended consequences That is a rare thing for me these days with uBlock Origin. I assume you're referring to broken websites when using ad blocking.