Has anyone ever actually even purchased anything just because of an ad? In fact, these days ads have the opposite effect: A repetitive ad turns people off from EVER checking out that product. F Grammarly and ClickUp etc. I've never tried those products but I have disgust for them thanks to their ads.
Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?
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Re: Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?
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Why are you subjecting yourself to that instead of downloading Firefox + uBlock origin? See the headline of this article for Exhibit (I've actually run out of letters in the alphabet) why adblocking is a moral imperative.
As much I love a good old "Why don't you just ..." response that terrifically misses the point - in this particular case I was watching YouTube through their Apple TV app. Now, there may be another "why don't you just ..." or "well, actually ..." response you have queued up, maybe some ramblings about a pi hole, or some anti-Apple hate, or some other solutioneering. Go ahead, tell me. But it is the structure of incen…
Re: Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?
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Use an adblocker? That's what I do and why I don't even know what brooklinen is.
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)
Re: Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?
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#96Ask me another.
Re: Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?
#97Earlier quoted context omitted.
Use an adblocker? That's what I do and why I don't even know what brooklinen is.
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...
Don't use that. Use Ublock Origin.
Re: Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?
#98Earlier quoted context omitted.
Use an adblocker? That's what I do and why I don't even know what brooklinen is.
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...
Re: Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?
#99Don't be Evil