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Pro tip: if you are concerned that you are spending too much time reading the internet, just uninstall ublock. You'll be so disgusted by the current state of af

Pro tip: if you are concerned that you are spending too much time reading the internet, just uninstall ublock. You'll be so disgusted by the current state of affairs that you'll want to spend as little time online as possible.

A4ET8a8uTh0 4y ago
My work does not filter anything ( it won't let me use some websites, but will happily let me see ads for new yard gizmos ) so the few times I actually am forced to look for something on work PC, it is a quick reminder why I bother doing all the things I do.
warner25 4y ago
Yeah, I've said before that whenever my wife wants to show me something from the web on her laptop, I blown away by how bad it is. The experience in her browser (Chrome with all defaults, usually on ad-supported social media or puzzle or pop culture news sites, or shopping sites) is like being assaulted to me. Of course the other thing that's been happening is that most of it isn't "reading the internet" anymore; it's all watching short-form videos (also laced with ads).
- nicoco 4y ago
  Not installing ublock on your wife's laptop? Why are you so cruel?
  - jjoonathan 4y ago
    The real difficulty hurdle isn't installing it (or having someone install it), the real hurdle is when it breaks something important and you have to realize that Ad Block belongs on the suspect list and you have to know how to disable it, reset cookies, and try again.
    - kleiba 4y ago
      Yeah, except that has never happened to me in 20+ years of using ad blockers.
      - ktta 4y ago
        Never? So many news websites detect adblocker use and stop you from reading the article till you disable it
        411111111111111 4y ago
        It depends on how strongly you filter. The default rules probably won't cause issues, but you'll still see a lot of ads. As you optimize these away, things start breaking
        hiccuphippo 4y ago
        I feel like it's not that it never happens to me but that I quickly leave and forget the site that blocks me. Non-survivorship bias.
    - 12345hn6789 4y ago
      This basically never happens if you're using default config uBlock origin
      - deleted 4y ago
        [deleted]
      - thrwy_ee_custmr 4y ago
        Happens occasionally. It is uncommon but happens enough to ruin the day of unsuspecting users. For example, go to https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/My-EE-app-and-website/EE-Site-Just-Shows-a-Blank-Page/td-p/972485 https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/My-EE-app-and-website/EE-Site-... and search for "Adblocker" in this page. You will find a story where their mobile service provider blacklisted their IP because they clicked on a button on the website while their adblocker was enabled. Exactly the same thing happened to me with the same mobile service provider except that I was using uBlock origin when my mobile service provider blacklisted my IP. Bank websites sometimes breaking in the presence of an adblocker is a common occurrence in many parts of the world. You live in one geography and you visit websites that you need in your life. Do not assume everyone else is having the same experience as you. Websites breaking in the presence of adblockers is a real thing that sometimes makes us hesitate to install it on the browsers of our friends and family who may not be as tech savvy as we are.
  - medo-bear 4y ago
    i think that is grounds for divorce
  - warner25 4y ago
    I've offered, but she declined. She really likes sales and coupon offers, extensions for cash-back that are based on tracking, etc. Someone else said it best about their spouse on another thread: "...whenever a website doesn't work for any reason I get an earfull about my 'damn adblocker'..." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30150762 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30150762
    - heyoni 4y ago
      I hooked up my pihole’s on/off switch to HomeKit. Whenever a website doesn’t work, my wife knows she can open the home app and turn off the Pi-hole and try again.
      - cjdoc29 4y ago
        Do you have any more details on this? Sounds like a great idea for the rest of my household.
        heyoni 4y ago
        Yea, it’s a homebridge plugin: https://github.com/arendruni/homebridge-pihole https://github.com/arendruni/homebridge-pihole Really easy to setup once you have homebridge itself running. Just enter in your Pi-hole api key and add it to HomeKit.
        cjdoc29 4y ago
        Thank you!
    - vuln 4y ago
      x3 "I like the ads." - Wife
      - midoridensha 4y ago
        And this is exactly why I don't feel bad about blocking ads and not purchasing YouTube Premium and the like. There are zillions of people out there who actually like looking at all these annoying ads, so the advertisers don't need to bother me when I'm not going to buy their crap anyway, and these other ad-lovers will happily do so.
- nvr219 4y ago
  I would highly recommend installing pihole at home.
vmoore 4y ago
I've been using uBo since the start. Went to use the web without it and it was like using the web naked. It didn't feel right.
shuntress 4y ago
Pro Tip: That's why you need to pay for what you read.
- Kye 4y ago
  I'm not going to subscribe to some random regional newspaper to read one article. And some of the most egregious advertising implementations don't come with a way to pay to make it go away, like Fandom.
- yieldcrv 4y ago
  I bit the bullet and subscribe to Bloomberg, WSJ and NY Times which is a good mix of center, moderate-right and left and this is far improved my experience. it makes me sad that people arent/cant get these articles and have this other rage-bait experience, but I’m glad I opted out of that crap
  - petodo 4y ago
    anyone visiting HN should be able to install Bypass paywalls chrome clean and uBlock origin
    - yieldcrv 4y ago
      none of which work for the default mobile browser, or those service's associated mobile apps and there's an experience beyond archive.is moving on
      - petodo 4y ago
        HN crowd is unable to install non-default browser? Firefox and Kiwi browser both sorry extensions including these two not sure what has archive.is to do with extensions I mentioned
kgwxd 4y ago
Every time I setup a new OS and forget to install uBO, I'm instantly reminded when I go anywhere but HN. Then I feel like I have to wipe the harddrive again just to be sure I'm not infected with something after the exposure.
samstave 4y ago
HOLY CRAP! this is a good statement. As someone who has sat in front of a computer daily for nearly 30 years, this really hit me. I am REALLY good at maintaining a no-ad/no-spam experience for my self with high-density-information content, that I almost never see ads. My viewing is clean, I have never been accidentally rick-rolled, I have never seen TG1C, TubGirl, etc... no Ogrish or other crap... I am my own 'curator' - But yeah - if you dont take time to set mental-health-boundaries against the internet - then the internet is the same as the experiments when they just plugged in a machine (win98? xp? cant reacall) - pwnd in matter of minutes. Thats the same as your mind. put mental firewalls up. Be open to positive content, but destroy negative impacts on your mental health with impunity.
agumonkey 4y ago
ad agencies: caring about you since -oo

A4ET8a8uTh0 4y ago

My work does not filter anything ( it won't let me use some websites, but will happily let me see ads for new yard gizmos ) so the few times I actually am forced to look for something on work PC, it is a quick reminder why I bother doing all the things I do.

warner25 4y ago

Yeah, I've said before that whenever my wife wants to show me something from the web on her laptop, I blown away by how bad it is. The experience in her browser (Chrome with all defaults, usually on ad-supported social media or puzzle or pop culture news sites, or shopping sites) is like being assaulted to me. Of course the other thing that's been happening is that most of it isn't "reading the internet" anymore; it's all watching short-form videos (also laced with ads).

nicoco 4y ago
Not installing ublock on your wife's laptop? Why are you so cruel?
- jjoonathan 4y ago
  The real difficulty hurdle isn't installing it (or having someone install it), the real hurdle is when it breaks something important and you have to realize that Ad Block belongs on the suspect list and you have to know how to disable it, reset cookies, and try again.
  - kleiba 4y ago
    Yeah, except that has never happened to me in 20+ years of using ad blockers.
    - ktta 4y ago
      Never? So many news websites detect adblocker use and stop you from reading the article till you disable it
      - 411111111111111 4y ago
        It depends on how strongly you filter. The default rules probably won't cause issues, but you'll still see a lot of ads. As you optimize these away, things start breaking
      - hiccuphippo 4y ago
        I feel like it's not that it never happens to me but that I quickly leave and forget the site that blocks me. Non-survivorship bias.
  - 12345hn6789 4y ago
    This basically never happens if you're using default config uBlock origin
    - deleted 4y ago
      [deleted]
    - thrwy_ee_custmr 4y ago
      Happens occasionally. It is uncommon but happens enough to ruin the day of unsuspecting users. For example, go to https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/My-EE-app-and-website/EE-Site-Just-Shows-a-Blank-Page/td-p/972485 https://community.ee.co.uk/t5/My-EE-app-and-website/EE-Site-... and search for "Adblocker" in this page. You will find a story where their mobile service provider blacklisted their IP because they clicked on a button on the website while their adblocker was enabled. Exactly the same thing happened to me with the same mobile service provider except that I was using uBlock origin when my mobile service provider blacklisted my IP. Bank websites sometimes breaking in the presence of an adblocker is a common occurrence in many parts of the world. You live in one geography and you visit websites that you need in your life. Do not assume everyone else is having the same experience as you. Websites breaking in the presence of adblockers is a real thing that sometimes makes us hesitate to install it on the browsers of our friends and family who may not be as tech savvy as we are.
- medo-bear 4y ago
  i think that is grounds for divorce
- warner25 4y ago
  I've offered, but she declined. She really likes sales and coupon offers, extensions for cash-back that are based on tracking, etc. Someone else said it best about their spouse on another thread: "...whenever a website doesn't work for any reason I get an earfull about my 'damn adblocker'..." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30150762 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30150762
  - heyoni 4y ago
    I hooked up my pihole’s on/off switch to HomeKit. Whenever a website doesn’t work, my wife knows she can open the home app and turn off the Pi-hole and try again.
    - cjdoc29 4y ago
      Do you have any more details on this? Sounds like a great idea for the rest of my household.
      - heyoni 4y ago
        Yea, it’s a homebridge plugin: https://github.com/arendruni/homebridge-pihole https://github.com/arendruni/homebridge-pihole Really easy to setup once you have homebridge itself running. Just enter in your Pi-hole api key and add it to HomeKit.
        cjdoc29 4y ago
        Thank you!
  - vuln 4y ago
    x3 "I like the ads." - Wife
    - midoridensha 4y ago
      And this is exactly why I don't feel bad about blocking ads and not purchasing YouTube Premium and the like. There are zillions of people out there who actually like looking at all these annoying ads, so the advertisers don't need to bother me when I'm not going to buy their crap anyway, and these other ad-lovers will happily do so.
nvr219 4y ago
I would highly recommend installing pihole at home.

vmoore 4y ago

I've been using uBo since the start. Went to use the web without it and it was like using the web naked. It didn't feel right.

shuntress 4y ago

Pro Tip: That's why you need to pay for what you read.

Kye 4y ago
I'm not going to subscribe to some random regional newspaper to read one article. And some of the most egregious advertising implementations don't come with a way to pay to make it go away, like Fandom.
yieldcrv 4y ago
I bit the bullet and subscribe to Bloomberg, WSJ and NY Times which is a good mix of center, moderate-right and left and this is far improved my experience. it makes me sad that people arent/cant get these articles and have this other rage-bait experience, but I’m glad I opted out of that crap
- petodo 4y ago
  anyone visiting HN should be able to install Bypass paywalls chrome clean and uBlock origin
  - yieldcrv 4y ago
    none of which work for the default mobile browser, or those service's associated mobile apps and there's an experience beyond archive.is moving on
    - petodo 4y ago
      HN crowd is unable to install non-default browser? Firefox and Kiwi browser both sorry extensions including these two not sure what has archive.is to do with extensions I mentioned

kgwxd 4y ago

Every time I setup a new OS and forget to install uBO, I'm instantly reminded when I go anywhere but HN. Then I feel like I have to wipe the harddrive again just to be sure I'm not infected with something after the exposure.

samstave 4y ago

HOLY CRAP! this is a good statement. As someone who has sat in front of a computer daily for nearly 30 years, this really hit me. I am REALLY good at maintaining a no-ad/no-spam experience for my self with high-density-information content, that I almost never see ads. My viewing is clean, I have never been accidentally rick-rolled, I have never seen TG1C, TubGirl, etc... no Ogrish or other crap... I am my own 'curator' - But yeah - if you dont take time to set mental-health-boundaries against the internet - then the internet is the same as the experiments when they just plugged in a machine (win98? xp? cant reacall) - pwnd in matter of minutes. Thats the same as your mind. put mental firewalls up. Be open to positive content, but destroy negative impacts on your mental health with impunity.

agumonkey 4y ago

ad agencies: caring about you since -oo