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> I think that introducing nontechnical friends/family to adblockers and helping them set one up can be a really low-cost but high-impact kindness, I encourage
by xyst 5y ago
> I think that introducing nontechnical friends/family to adblockers and helping them set one up can be a really low-cost but high-impact kindness, I encourage people here to do so.
I have done this in the past. However, I have discovered that most of the people I introduce to ad blocking will turn it off later. This is because some sites are able to detect when you are using an ad blocker and even provide steps to turn it off. While there are ways to get around this, most of the people just preferred to turn it off.
It's quite sad, really.
- danShumway 5y agoI don't know if it makes that much difference, but I like that Ublock Origin by default only disables itself for the specific site you click it on when you click the big power button. I always try to reinforce to people how to turn Ublock Origin off if they need to (and I like that Ublock's UI makes this really easy to do), because I'd rather they disable adblocking for one site than remove it completely from their browser.