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Honestly I've been finding ad blockers much less useful over time. Seems like every page I visit these days blocks the content until I disable it, if it's not a

by cactus2093 6y ago

Honestly I've been finding ad blockers much less useful over time. Seems like every page I visit these days blocks the content until I disable it, if it's not an outright paywall. I think I spend more time disabling my ad blocker temporarily than I save by not loading ads in the first place. Do others find that ad blockers actually still work well? Meanwhile, reader mode in Safari will generally hide every ad on the page. It doesn't help with the privacy or battery life or security benefits that ad blockers provide, but in terms of just the user experience, at this point at least for me it's far superior to using an ad blocker. So I've been using safari more and more just for this. Edit: Why am I getting downvoted? I don't think I'm violating any guidelines or saying anything inflammatory here, just curious about other people's experiences using ad blockers.

irrational 6y ago
I almost exclusively see that on News websites, but I don't visit those very often, so for the most part this doesn't affect me.
circularfoyers 6y ago
Can you mention some websites that you can't view with uBlock Origin? I haven't seen any and I've been using it for as long as I can remember. Do you also have the Unbreak and Annoyances filter lists enabled?
ballenf 6y ago
The downvotes are maybe because you replied to a question of “is xyz still broken?” with “you don’t really need xyz.” For me it was kind of an annoying place to make that point. Many people use of ad block really more to protect from the surveillance aspects of ads than their aesthetics. Ads on big sites don’t really look terrible.
- hombre_fatal 6y ago
  I also find generalizations from such unlikely scenarios a bit annoying. You (poster above) have to consistently visit the worst sites on the internet, and so many that whitelisting doesnt suit you, to conclude the adblocking isn’t useful. If that really describes what you do online, then you need some self-awareness over how little you have in common with everyone else and then temper your epiphanies accordingly.
- cactus2093 6y ago
  Well, appreciate the explanation at least. I thought I was saying "even if xyz is still broken, I find abc to be a better solution anyway". Guess my views are too radical for this crowd though.
dsissitka 6y ago
> Honestly I've been finding ad blockers much less useful over time. Seems like every page I visit these days blocks the content until I disable it, if it's not an outright paywall. I think I spend more time disabling my ad blocker temporarily than I save by not loading ads in the first place. Good ad blockers have a solution for this. For example, with uBlock Origin you enable an "annoyance" list.

irrational 6y ago

I almost exclusively see that on News websites, but I don't visit those very often, so for the most part this doesn't affect me.

circularfoyers 6y ago

Can you mention some websites that you can't view with uBlock Origin? I haven't seen any and I've been using it for as long as I can remember. Do you also have the Unbreak and Annoyances filter lists enabled?

ballenf 6y ago

The downvotes are maybe because you replied to a question of “is xyz still broken?” with “you don’t really need xyz.” For me it was kind of an annoying place to make that point. Many people use of ad block really more to protect from the surveillance aspects of ads than their aesthetics. Ads on big sites don’t really look terrible.

hombre_fatal 6y ago
I also find generalizations from such unlikely scenarios a bit annoying. You (poster above) have to consistently visit the worst sites on the internet, and so many that whitelisting doesnt suit you, to conclude the adblocking isn’t useful. If that really describes what you do online, then you need some self-awareness over how little you have in common with everyone else and then temper your epiphanies accordingly.
cactus2093 6y ago
Well, appreciate the explanation at least. I thought I was saying "even if xyz is still broken, I find abc to be a better solution anyway". Guess my views are too radical for this crowd though.

dsissitka 6y ago

> Honestly I've been finding ad blockers much less useful over time. Seems like every page I visit these days blocks the content until I disable it, if it's not an outright paywall. I think I spend more time disabling my ad blocker temporarily than I save by not loading ads in the first place. Good ad blockers have a solution for this. For example, with uBlock Origin you enable an "annoyance" list.