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I started to find this article interesting but every time I tapped “x” on an ad to dismiss it, no more than five seconds later, the same ad would appear at the
by oinoom 4mo ago
I started to find this article interesting but every time I tapped “x” on an ad to dismiss it, no more than five seconds later, the same ad would appear at the bottom and distract me. Over and over.
- asdff 4mo agoThe internet is so much better blocking ads.
- ASalazarMX 4mo agoIf someone has the will to fight those little xs, they have the will to install uBlock Origin. It even works on iPad and iPhone now, through a regular Safari Plugin.
- dieselgate 4mo agoAll my xs live in Texas.... and uBlock Origin even works on my locked down work Dell with firefox!
- readthenotes1 4mo agoSo you're saying your PC is in Tennessee? Or is that just your VPN?
- goodmythical 4mo agoArchive.org has a few copies: https://web.archive.org/web/20260000000000*/https://lithub.com/the-man-who-reads-books-for-a-living-one-every-two-days/ https://web.archive.org/web/20260000000000*/https://lithub.c...
- bsammon 4mo agosorta piling on here, but it's also worth noting that this problem goes away (and the article is quite readable) in a browser with javascript turned off (and no adblocker).
- criddell 4mo agoI often use reader mode.
- slwvx 4mo agoSounds like a "dickover", a term coined by John Gruber: https://daringfireball.net/2026/05/what_is_a_dickover https://daringfireball.net/2026/05/what_is_a_dickover