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uBlock Origin reduces it to an almost reasonable number of three embeds plus the "trending" section. But the cookies consent modal is also disgusting
by Kinrany 7mo ago
uBlock Origin reduces it to an almost reasonable number of three embeds plus the "trending" section. But the cookies consent modal is also disgusting
- tim333 7mo agoI don't really get anything apart from a couple of links to science alert stuff. uBlock lite and the "I still don't care about cookies" extension. I tried turning those off to have a look and my what a lot of ads. It sort of puzzles me that people put up with them.
- bookofjoe 7mo agoAn analogy: they're sort of like chronic tinnitus. After a few years you don't even notice them.
- rpozarickij 7mo agoIn addition to uBlock Origin I'm also using AdGuard as my home WiFi DNS server and I'm seeing zero ads and no cookie notices in the linked article. For cookies I'm using uBlock Origin's Filter lists which are available in the extension settings.
- globular-toast 7mo agoFunny, I see not a single ad, trending section, nor a cookie consent. Are you on Chrome?
- mynameisash 7mo agoFirefox mobile. I just checked, and for some reason, uBlock Origin was deactivated. No longer!