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I sort of want a client that does the exact opposite. Click on all ads in the background and provide bogus randomized client data, in essence costing companies money for no gain and rendering advertising useless.
It exists as a plug-in, google it. I fixed a bug in it once actually but forget the project name, there are two plugins like it
How long before Chrome changes their license to disallow ad blocking? Why should users think they own their whole screen, after all? "We estimate we can sell up to 80% of the visual field before inducing seizures!"
As long as we use Chrome, we're basically only giving away our privacy, control and data more and more with not much that we can do about. Don't use Chrome
It is Chrome anyway.
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As long as we use Chrome, we're basically only giving away our privacy, control and data more and more with not much that we can do about. Don't use Chrome
And avoid Electron based apps as much as possible. It is Chrome anyway.
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As long as we use Chrome, we're basically only giving away our privacy, control and data more and more with not much that we can do about. Don't use Chrome
What are the privacy implications if you switch the search to use duck duck go or something else in Chrome? I kind of naively thought that would give you privacy but I need more information.
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I sort of want a client that does the exact opposite. Click on all ads in the background and provide bogus randomized client data, in essence costing companies money for no gain and rendering advertising useless.
Tools like this exist, but by using them you run the risk of having your IP flagged by anti-fraud tools and potentially blacklisted. Not because those tools have an issue with the specific tools involved, but because that kind of behavior makes it look like you're running a click farm. It could also have negative repercussions for the sites whose ads you're "clicking" on, but whether that's a pro or a con depends on…
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If they want to dig an early grave for chrome, sure, there's always firefox
Firefox’s main source of revenue is Google paying them to be the default search provider. They essentially exist at Google’s whim.
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Alternatives?
Brave! It’s privacy first chrome. Arc is also advertised as such, but isn’t open source so you have you take their word for it or reverse engineer it.
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If they want to dig an early grave for chrome, sure, there's always firefox
Chrome on Android does not support extensions at all. It's still the biggest mobile browser. Sure, it will make a lot of technical people mad, but a lot more won't care.