#ad-blockers — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #ad-blockers, aggregated by home.social.
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This #browser add-in doesn't just hide #ads, it tells you to OBEY
#Chrome extension swaps promos for #JohnCarpenter-style subliminal slogans https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/05/13/this-browser-add-in-doesnt-just-hide-ads-it-tells-you-to-obey/5238887#adblockers can still be fun!
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Ah, the New York Times graces us with an existential revelation wrapped in a JS-confetti parade. 🎭 Bob Odenkirk, our philosopher king, emerges from the algorithmic abyss to remind us that everything is pointless — just like trying to read an article behind their digital moat of ad blockers. 🧱💸
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/magazine/bob-odenkirk-interview.html #HackerNews #NewYorkTimes #BobOdenkirk #Existentialism #AdBlockers #HackerNews #ngated -
Oh, the classic tale of "Oops, your money vanished into the electronic abyss!" 😂 Apparently, even the #NYT can't figure out how to enable basic tech like JS while disabling ad blockers. 🙄 Maybe the real glitch here is trusting banks with a Ctrl+Z function for your savings. 💸✨
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/your-money/fidelity-investments-fraud-alert.html #moneyvanished #techfail #adblockers #bankingglitch #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀💸 In an astonishing display of modern journalism, NYT reports a $60 billion space deal without, you know, actually telling you about it—because who needs details when you can have a blank page? 🙄 Just disable your ad blocker and imagine the possibilities! 🛸👀
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/business/spacex-cursor-deal.html #modernjournalism #spaceindustry #NYTreport #adblockers #detailsmatter #HackerNews #ngated -
ICYMI: Brave blocks your ads and sells its own - and it's working: Brave browser grew from 80M to 109M monthly active users while selling its own ads after blocking publishers' - Jean-Paul Schmetz explains the model in detail. https://ppc.land/brave-blocks-your-ads-and-sells-its-own-and-its-working/ #BraveBrowser #AdBlockers #DigitalMarketing #Privacy #OnlineAdvertising
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🎻 Ah, the New York Times, where you won't actually learn about Tracy Kidder's demise without first performing a sacred ritual of enabling JavaScript and disabling ad blockers. Because clearly, paying respect to a Pulitzer-winning author requires jumping through digital hoops. 🕯️🔧
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/books/tracy-kidder-dead.html #NewYorkTimes #TracyKidder #DigitalHoops #Journalism #AdBlockers #HackerNews #ngated -
Went to the village shop to get some food and returned to find the PC fully locked up ( needed a power cycle to restart!)
I suspect this is more fault of #browsers with multiple tabs left open (there's an open issue for this on #Firefox) than any flaw with #LinuxMint itself, on top of websites being more bloated and #adtech scripts and #adblockers fighting one another.
Successfully installed #Anydesk on #Linux PC, so can access #XFCE desktop remotely from my Windows laptop (we use Anydesk a lot for remote support)
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🤯 Oh no, the horrors of the internet! 🕸️ John Gruber bravely exposes the earth-shattering revelation that websites are bloated. 💥 But wait, there's more! Apparently, #adblockers are a thing? Who knew! 🙄
https://daringfireball.net/2026/03/your_frustration_is_the_product #internethorrors #websitebloat #johngruber #technews #socialmedia #HackerNews #ngated -
Global stocks are throwing a tantrum because oil prices are playing hard to get. 🌍📉 Meanwhile, the NYT demands you disable your ad blockers so they can pay for their next "Breaking News" about how clouds are made of water. 💧🙄
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/business/stocks-iran-oil.html #globalstocks #oilprices #newsmedia #adblockers #economics #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah, the NYT has graced us with another groundbreaking revelation: your #DNA is the latest #gossip columnist for #Neanderthal hookups 😏. But wait, first, ensure #JavaScript is enabled and ad blockers are down, because who wouldn't want some digital nagging while learning about ancient bedroom antics? 🙄🔍
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/science/human-evolution-neanderthal-sex.html #AdBlockers #AncientAntics #HackerNews #ngated -
#Adblocking is alive and well, despite #Chrome's attempts to make it harder
#Google Chrome's latest revision of its browser extension architecture, known as #ManifestV3 (MV3), was widely expected to make content blocking and #privacy extensions less effective than its predecessor, #ManifestV2 (MV2).
"Our results reveal no statistically significant reduction in ad-blocking or anti-tracking effectiveness for MV3 #adblockers compared to their MV2 counterparts"
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/06/chrome_mv3_no_harm_ad_blocking/ -
This feels new in the war against ad blockers… Sites seemingly intentionally crashing if your ad blocker is not disabled?
Well congratulations you’ve lost me as a visitor to your site ever again.
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How-To Geek: YouTube is breaking ad blockers again. “This immediate fix that came when not using an adblocker is a pretty clear signal of what is happening here. YouTube has not officially acknowledged the problem, which is typical for silent updates to anti-adblock detection scripts.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/28/how-to-geek-youtube-is-breaking-ad-blockers-again/ -
🎉BREAKING: The internet mourns as Scott Adams clicks the proverbial unsubscribe button on life. Meanwhile, inc.com reminds us that even in death, #JavaScript is more essential than oxygen, and ad blockers are the real villains here. 🙄💻
https://www.inc.com/jennifer-conrad/scott-adams-dilbert-dies-at-68/91286247 #ScottAdams #InternetCulture #AdBlockers #TechNews #HackerNews #ngated -
Oh, look! #Iran played a game of "No Internet For You" with #Starlink, while Forbes reminds us that, in 2023, reading an article without enabling #JavaScript is apparently an Olympic sport. 🥇✨ Meanwhile, ad blockers are still the sworn enemy of #journalism, because who needs page aesthetics when you can have a circus of pop-ups? 🎪💻
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2026/01/11/kill-switch-iran-shuts-down-starlink-internet-for-first-time/ #NoInternet #AdBlockers #HackerNews #ngated -
🔥🤡 Ah, private equity, the insatiable financial vampire, has sunk its fangs into volunteer fire departments! Because who wouldn't want their local heroes replaced with profit-driven suits? Also, #NYT, thanks for the polite pop-up reminder to disable my ad blocker—such a pleasure! 🙄💸
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/us/fire-department-software-private-equity.html #privateequity #volunteerfirefighters #financialvampires #adblockers #HackerNews #ngated -
If we want a #free (in all ways) and #OpenInternet in the future...
NOW is the time to use #AI crawling blockers, #AdBlockers and block sites that are obviously AI generated.
NOW is the time to favor #HumanCreators, #ThinkCritically and decide with your #wallet.
Ask yourself: who benefits? Probably not you and I...
Don't fight each other... fight them.
#BoycottBillionaires #WhoBenefits #musk #bezos #altman #zuckerberg #nadella #cook
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Why #adblockers are a top #security and #privacy defense for everyone
Ad blockers can help defend against some of the top hacks, scams, and #surveillance today. Here are some of the best ad blockers that you can use. https://this.weekinsecurity.com/why-ad-blockers-are-a-top-security-and-privacy-defense-for-everyone/ -
📢🥳 Breaking: Water is wet, and #Meta hides bad news! Meanwhile, the internet holds its breath as it waits for Reuters to invent a time machine to 2010 when ad blockers were edgy. ✨🕰️
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/meta-buried-causal-evidence-social-media-harm-us-court-filings-allege-2025-11-23/ #BreakingNews #WaterIsWet #AdBlockers #TimeMachine #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah yes, because what the world truly needs is yet another tech billionaire playing house with A.I., but this time with a side of #co-leadership ✨🤖. Meanwhile, the NYT advises us to disable ad blockers—because who doesn't love a pop-up party while #Bezos collects CEOs like Pokémon cards? 🚀🙄
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/technology/bezos-project-prometheus.html #techbillionaires #AIlife #adblockers #popups #HackerNews #ngated -
🚨 BREAKING: A group of internet detectives 🕵️♂️🔥 just discovered that some mysterious "pressure" is being applied to Archive.today. Spoiler alert: it involves *gasp* ad blockers! 🙄 Next week, tune in for an #exposé on grass growing. 🌱🕒
https://adguard-dns.io/en/blog/archive-today-adguard-dns-block-demand.html #internetdetectives #ArchiveToday #adblockers #grassgrowing #HackerNews #ngated
