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I run Firefox with uBlock Origin, and spend most of my time on pages like HN and other old-school forums that are mostly just text. My wife runs Chrome with all

I run Firefox with uBlock Origin, and spend most of my time on pages like HN and other old-school forums that are mostly just text. My wife runs Chrome with all defaults and spends a lot more time in the mainstream web. Whenever she wants to show me something on her laptop, I think to myself, "how can she subject herself to this all day?!" For me, the experience in her browser is like being assaulted. She doesn't want an ad-blocker because they do break things at times and she actually likes seeing some ads and especially getting coupon or discount offers, using things like Rakuten. I know that you can fine-tune the settings of uBlock Origin, but she doesn't want to be bothered with that. I'm the weird one.

gigel82 5y ago
Sounds familiar. Installed uBlock on hers and whenever a website doesn't work for any reason I get an earfull about my "damn adblocker"... :)
- stn8188 5y ago
  Same... Used to have a Pi Hole on the entire network but had to remove it for this reason.
  - bentcorner 5y ago
    I have a Pi Hole as well and it's been pretty quiet in my house. I've had to whitelist a few sites (e.g., our kids' school gave out meeting links using tracking links in email that was blocked) but it's been pretty good. Definitely more upside than downside.
- squarefoot 5y ago
  Been there done that. Advertising is a problem most non technical users aren't aware of (as a problem) and often they're used to it, but if you install an adblocker, they indeed see that as a change, therefore "you and your damn adblocker" will get the blame for each and every problem. In my opinion the only options are to either leave their browser as is or just installing Ublock Origin without telling.
eh9 5y ago
I tried to enforce ad blocking at the router level (pihole) but eventually had to change it to opt-in (DNS) because my wife wouldn’t stop telling me to turn it off when she wanted to click on Google ads.
WheatM 5y ago

gigel82 5y ago

Sounds familiar. Installed uBlock on hers and whenever a website doesn't work for any reason I get an earfull about my "damn adblocker"... :)

stn8188 5y ago
Same... Used to have a Pi Hole on the entire network but had to remove it for this reason.
- bentcorner 5y ago
  I have a Pi Hole as well and it's been pretty quiet in my house. I've had to whitelist a few sites (e.g., our kids' school gave out meeting links using tracking links in email that was blocked) but it's been pretty good. Definitely more upside than downside.
squarefoot 5y ago
Been there done that. Advertising is a problem most non technical users aren't aware of (as a problem) and often they're used to it, but if you install an adblocker, they indeed see that as a change, therefore "you and your damn adblocker" will get the blame for each and every problem. In my opinion the only options are to either leave their browser as is or just installing Ublock Origin without telling.

eh9 5y ago

I tried to enforce ad blocking at the router level (pihole) but eventually had to change it to opt-in (DNS) because my wife wouldn’t stop telling me to turn it off when she wanted to click on Google ads.

WheatM 5y ago