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Just curious, is anyone intentionally not using an ad blocker?

• wdb 5y ago
  It got ad blocker blocker :(
  • atoav 5y ago
    I didn't notice that ad blocker blocker on Firefox + uBlock Origin.
    • qsi 5y ago
      Neither did I using Brave.
  • cabalamat 5y ago
    There need to be ad blocker blocker blockers!
• Shorel 5y ago
  If by ad blocker you mean a browser plugin, then I do not have one of these. I use a hosts file that ignores many ad hosts at the DNS level. No need for a low performance solution.
  • causi 5y ago
    uBlock Origin does not noticeably affect the responsiveness of my T100 from 2013 with a Bay Trail atom CPU and 2GB RAM. What exactly are you browsing on?
    • Shorel 5y ago
      Intel i7 1165g7 Anyway, I don't want to waste CPU cycles or battery life on such things.
  • bloqs 5y ago
    Do you regularly update the blacklist yourself? Ublock origin uses close to no memory or cpu for me, and offers instantaneous, effortless disabling in times where it is needed.
    • Shorel 5y ago
      Of course I do update the list! It is taken from here https://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm https://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm And I have another ~40 entries not included in that list. You should try it. It is another layer of protection in case you want to keep using uBlock Origin.
• benlumen 5y ago
  On desktop sure, but just plain safari on iPhone. If I hit an article like this one I just click straight off it.
  • jackdh 5y ago
    There is actually a fairly good ad blocker for safari available. It's called AdGuard and works quite well.
• usrusr 5y ago
  Me. I want websites to actually face the consequences of excessive advertising, like driving me away. I'm not happy with the idea of more ads being shoved at a smaller fraction of the visitors.