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Many years ago I published a small extension for common functions I use on daily basis(hashing, url encoding and decoding) for quick access as opposed to either
by axegon_ 5y ago
Many years ago I published a small extension for common functions I use on daily basis(hashing, url encoding and decoding) for quick access as opposed to either opening a random site or some scripting language. If my memory is correct, I can kiss it goodbye(no idea where or even if I have a copy of the source code). Oh well... As for ad-blockers, funny enough I used to be firmly against them until not that long ago - many sites and blogs rely on ads as a source of revenue so in order to support them I was putting up with them. But then youtube pushed me waaaaaay too far and I started using Brave so... It's your fault Google,
- wow00 5y agoTotally agree on that, I used the web without an ad blocker for years before going back due to having too many ads on YouTube, Google is slowly closing their walls and I may end up on Firefox at this rate
- axegon_ 5y agoFirefox has always felt a bit clunky to me hence the reason why I went with brave: it's built on top of chromium but with a built-in adblocker, also some crypto rewards if you are into that(I'm not). Give it a go if you ask me.
- jacquesm 5y agoThe web without an ad blocker is essentially unusable.
- soraminazuki 5y agoConsidering all the shady practices that online ad companies engage in, there is zero moral responsibility for users to support it. As an example of such shady practice, here's an instance of the biggest ad company in the world caught exploiting browser bugs in order to circumvent privacy protections: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/02/time-make-amends-google-circumvents-privacy-settings-safari-users https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/02/time-make-amends-googl...