> Is uBlock Origin not free? I can't imagine browsing the web without an adblocker Practically, as long as you are in the minority who use blockers, others wil

> Is uBlock Origin not free? I can't imagine browsing the web without an adblocker Practically, as long as you are in the minority who use blockers, others will pay for your search. What you see with YouTube striking on people with blockers is that they have become too popular. So using a blocker you will get a degraded service in the periods where the arms race tilts in favour of the advertiser. I object to this premise: I never agreed to watch ads in the first place. If I’m not welcome on a platform when I remove the parts I’m not interested in, I’ll pick another platform. > what cost am I paying for using DDG? Ads, data mining, commercialised results. It’s not terrible. DDG is what Google was before they turned ads to 11.