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Use an adblocker? That's what I do and why I don't even know what brooklinen is.

tanepiper 21d ago
The web is becoming very hostile to ad blockers. I use a VPN and I've noticed more and more sites just being obnoxious with their popups and even just crashing the site completely in a loop (looking at you EuroNews)
- walrus01 21d ago
  It doesn't solve everything but the 'full' desktop version of the ublock origin plugin runs just fine in Android on Firefox. I can't even imagine using any other mobile browser now. I don't know what the situation is for iphone platform stuff these days.
  - fl0id 21d ago
    and f.e. brave on ios
- manyatoms 21d ago
  Try firefox, as chrome puts restrictions on what adblockers can do
- loloquwowndueo 21d ago
  If a site doesn’t let me see it with my ad blocking enabled, I just go elsewhere.
  - bell-cot 21d ago
    This Even skimming the web could take up 1000X the hours I have in a day, and I really should spend more time exercising, and reading books, and with friends and family, and volunteering, and ...
- Marsymars 21d ago
  I suspect it's not a real crash you're seeing, but rather a deceptive anti-adblocking script that redirects to a page that fraudulently claims to be a crash.
mischief6 21d ago
abp in firefox doesn't really remove them. I've seen and reported multiple scummy popup-like looking ads like tfn and saw it again for weeks...
- techjamie 21d ago
  Use ublock origin rather than ABP. ABP was dead the moment they sold out to "responsible" ads.
- Telaneo 21d ago
  ABP as in adblock plus? Don't use that. Use Ublock Origin.
- zelphirkalt 21d ago
  There may be gaps every now and then in block lists of ad blocking solutions, but besides that, you are using the wrong ad blocker. abp is not to be trusted to reliably block all ads it could. It has a different mission than uBlock Origin.
wnc3141 21d ago
They sell bedsheets, with sort of a raunchy ad campaign. I had a adblocker but wound up uninstalling it when it became more of a hassle than it was worth.

The web is becoming very hostile to ad blockers. I use a VPN and I've noticed more and more sites just being obnoxious with their popups and even just crashing the site completely in a loop (looking at you EuroNews)

walrus01 21d ago
It doesn't solve everything but the 'full' desktop version of the ublock origin plugin runs just fine in Android on Firefox. I can't even imagine using any other mobile browser now. I don't know what the situation is for iphone platform stuff these days.
- fl0id 21d ago
  and f.e. brave on ios
manyatoms 21d ago
Try firefox, as chrome puts restrictions on what adblockers can do
loloquwowndueo 21d ago
If a site doesn’t let me see it with my ad blocking enabled, I just go elsewhere.
- bell-cot 21d ago
  This Even skimming the web could take up 1000X the hours I have in a day, and I really should spend more time exercising, and reading books, and with friends and family, and volunteering, and ...
Marsymars 21d ago
I suspect it's not a real crash you're seeing, but rather a deceptive anti-adblocking script that redirects to a page that fraudulently claims to be a crash.

mischief6 21d ago

abp in firefox doesn't really remove them. I've seen and reported multiple scummy popup-like looking ads like tfn and saw it again for weeks...

techjamie 21d ago
Use ublock origin rather than ABP. ABP was dead the moment they sold out to "responsible" ads.
Telaneo 21d ago
ABP as in adblock plus? Don't use that. Use Ublock Origin.
zelphirkalt 21d ago
There may be gaps every now and then in block lists of ad blocking solutions, but besides that, you are using the wrong ad blocker. abp is not to be trusted to reliably block all ads it could. It has a different mission than uBlock Origin.

wnc3141 21d ago

They sell bedsheets, with sort of a raunchy ad campaign. I had a adblocker but wound up uninstalling it when it became more of a hassle than it was worth.