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This is a perfect reason to install uBlock Origin.

slater 2y ago
Sidenote: your site's SCSS file 404s - https://lorendb.dev/css/main.scss https://lorendb.dev/css/main.scss (Firefox, macOS)
- LorenDB 2y ago
  Thanks, I've fixed it.
mindslight 2y ago
Seriously. If you have enough time and self actualization to complain about the content of online ads, then you have more than enough time to install an ad blocker and be done with that particular form of malware.
Veuxdo 2y ago
This might be a fine solution for individuals, but of course won't help the ads/publishing industry recover from its current death spiral.
- bastawhiz 2y ago
  It's not intended to help anyone who runs ads.
  - Wowfunhappy 2y ago
    What is your suggested economic model for internet content? Do you prefer paywalls?
    - QuadmasterXLII 2y ago
      What’s the economic model for hacker news commenters?
      - decremental 2y ago
        [dead]
      - Wowfunhappy 2y ago
        Commenting on Hacker News is fun. But I'm really glad the internet has professional journalists as well.
    - jszymborski 2y ago
      Yes
    - thfuran 2y ago
      Yes, involving a third party with interests contrary to the producer or consumer of the material just adds poor incentives that inevitably lead to poor outcomes.
    - bastawhiz 2y ago
      I tend to pay for quality content, yes.
    - gedy 2y ago
      Somehow, TV and newspapers survived and thrived on non- targeted, not-filthy ads for decades. I'd have little problem with static ads in webpages that looked like the ones in magazines I grew up with.
    - cortesoft 2y ago
      Is it our job to figure out someone else’s business model?
      - Wowfunhappy 2y ago
        Not per se. But I think you should in general think about the consequences of your actions. I am concerned about the future of journalism. To be clear, I also use an adblocker and I don't have any good answers.
    - vundercind 2y ago
      Who needs more Internet content?
- BLKNSLVR 2y ago
  By "help" I'm assuming you mean the same thing as what I would mean, that is: the acceleration of said death spiral.
rekabis 2y ago
> This is a perfect reason to install uBlock Origin. For anyone who isn’t running Chrome, that is.
- FLT8 2y ago
  And anyone not on iOS stuck with webkit.
  - NikkiA 2y ago
    They knew what they were getting into, it's never been a secret that iOS is advertising hell.
  - rekabis 2y ago
    Add the AdGuard DNS configuration profile to your iDevice as a whole (no need for any separate app), and ads are blocked for everything except apps whose ads are drawn from the same source as their content. https://adguard-dns.io/en/blog/encrypted-dns-ios-14.html https://adguard-dns.io/en/blog/encrypted-dns-ios-14.html So yeah. While it won’t kill ads in apps like YouTube or Pinterest, it will kill nearly all ads in web pages and apps that source their ads from external providers.

Sidenote: your site's SCSS file 404s - https://lorendb.dev/css/main.scss https://lorendb.dev/css/main.scss (Firefox, macOS)

LorenDB 2y ago
Thanks, I've fixed it.

mindslight 2y ago

Seriously. If you have enough time and self actualization to complain about the content of online ads, then you have more than enough time to install an ad blocker and be done with that particular form of malware.

Veuxdo 2y ago

This might be a fine solution for individuals, but of course won't help the ads/publishing industry recover from its current death spiral.

bastawhiz 2y ago
It's not intended to help anyone who runs ads.
- Wowfunhappy 2y ago
  What is your suggested economic model for internet content? Do you prefer paywalls?
  - QuadmasterXLII 2y ago
    What’s the economic model for hacker news commenters?
    - decremental 2y ago
      [dead]
    - Wowfunhappy 2y ago
      Commenting on Hacker News is fun. But I'm really glad the internet has professional journalists as well.
  - jszymborski 2y ago
    Yes
  - thfuran 2y ago
    Yes, involving a third party with interests contrary to the producer or consumer of the material just adds poor incentives that inevitably lead to poor outcomes.
  - bastawhiz 2y ago
    I tend to pay for quality content, yes.
  - gedy 2y ago
    Somehow, TV and newspapers survived and thrived on non- targeted, not-filthy ads for decades. I'd have little problem with static ads in webpages that looked like the ones in magazines I grew up with.
  - cortesoft 2y ago
    Is it our job to figure out someone else’s business model?
    - Wowfunhappy 2y ago
      Not per se. But I think you should in general think about the consequences of your actions. I am concerned about the future of journalism. To be clear, I also use an adblocker and I don't have any good answers.
  - vundercind 2y ago
    Who needs more Internet content?
BLKNSLVR 2y ago
By "help" I'm assuming you mean the same thing as what I would mean, that is: the acceleration of said death spiral.

rekabis 2y ago

> This is a perfect reason to install uBlock Origin. For anyone who isn’t running Chrome, that is.

FLT8 2y ago
And anyone not on iOS stuck with webkit.
- NikkiA 2y ago
  They knew what they were getting into, it's never been a secret that iOS is advertising hell.
- rekabis 2y ago
  Add the AdGuard DNS configuration profile to your iDevice as a whole (no need for any separate app), and ads are blocked for everything except apps whose ads are drawn from the same source as their content. https://adguard-dns.io/en/blog/encrypted-dns-ios-14.html https://adguard-dns.io/en/blog/encrypted-dns-ios-14.html So yeah. While it won’t kill ads in apps like YouTube or Pinterest, it will kill nearly all ads in web pages and apps that source their ads from external providers.