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Reddit be like (programming.dev)

submitted 2 years ago by likeaduck@programming.dev to c/memes@lemmy.ml

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[–] nogooduser@lemmy.world 95 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Same if they say to disable your ad blocker.

[–] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 89 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I love when they give you instructions on how to disable it. Lol, fuck you, website.

[–] germtm_@lemmy.world 43 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

or if they try to guilt-trip you into disabling the ad blocker with a frowny face or something.

[–] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 43 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Every time you block an ad, a puppy gets hit by a truck. Is that really what you want?

[–] nogooduser@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Technically, I don’t block ads. I block trackers using privacy badger. If they were to just show me ads without trying to track me I’d be fine and they’d get some ad revenue. But they always put trackers in there, I see no ads and they get no money.

[–] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 16 points 2 years ago

Ad creators hate this one weird trick!

[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Is that really what you want?

If that is really what you want, can we interest you in our special premium membership with curated run-over-puppies content?

[–] workinkindofhard@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Every time you block an ad, a puppy gets hit by a truck. Is that really what you want?

I love puppies but I hate ads, sorry rover

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

And the instructions are always wrong... I'm not using AdBlock Plus, and they forget to include how to disable the PiHole 😂

[–] henfredemars 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Trust is broken. Ads have been abused where I have to block by default unless I already trust your website.

I'm not risking malware for some strangers advertisements.

[–] nogooduser@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah, I agree. I never really minded ads as I just mentally ignore them so I didn’t use an ad blocker for a very long time after it was common practice. I also disagreed with the principle of ad blockers as sites need to pay their expenses.

But then they abused the data that they collected to change people’s political opinions in a way that went way beyond just your standard political ads and that was it for me.

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

That's when bab-defuser.js and the element zapper get to shine.