#adblockers — Public Fediverse posts

Ten years ago, Brave called the newspapers’ cease-and-desist the first shot in a war on all ad blockers. Monday, the Times finally pulled the trigger. On scraping? Fair. But the paywall claim treats a filter list like a hacking tool, and the ad claim goes after who gets paid for blocking. That reaches way past Brave.

https://blog.ppb1701.com/a-war-on-all-ad-blockers

#adblockers #brave #nytimes #dmca #paywalls #copyright #ai #filterlists #privacy #userhostile #bigtech #blog

I'd just done a poll in our discipline at $dayjob on this. Got a result as expected (only 2 out of 7 had one installed). So, let's try here as well (I guess I'll get a different proportion here).

**Who has an ad blocker installed on their browser(s)?**

#AdBlockers #browsers

🤣 Oh, shocker! The PHP Foundation is "under-funded" with a *whopping* one full-time staff member. Maybe if they spent less time battling ad blockers and more on funds, they'd have a second employee by 2030. 💸✨
https://www.reuters.com/technology/php-foundation-under-funded-with-one-full-time-staff-member-director-says-2026-10-23/ #PHPFoundation #Underfunded #FullTimeStaff #AdBlockers #FundingIssues #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated

Oh, look! Another brilliant stroke of genius from the US government: ban a tech product while making everyone else squat through a labyrinth of JS and ad-blocker riddles just to read the news. 🛑🔍 Clearly, we’re all just pawns in this game of "security theatre" chess. ♟️🙄
https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-banning-chinese-ai-deepseek-government-agency-it-systems-2026-10-19/ #governmentban #securitytheatre #technews #userexperience #adblockers #HackerNews #ngated

Oh, look! 🥳 Another riveting day where Zuck's #Meta #empire flexes its mighty algorithmic muscles 💪 by swatting down a #protest Instagram like a fly. Meanwhile, the plebs are told to bow to the gods of #JavaScript and abandon their sacrilegious ad blockers. 🙄🚫
https://meidasnews.com/news/zuckerbergs-meta-takes-down-no-kings-instagram-during-massive-protest-day #Algorithm #AdBlockers #HackerNews #ngated

The various websites hate adblockers.Fuck all of them.Not unblocking for their version of ransomhacks
Raw Story
APNews
Among the top block sites
#adblockers

Pluralistic: Israeli ad-tech company was a delivery system for "mercenary spyware" (17 Oct 2026)

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/17/mercenary-spyware/

I continue to fight to make BBC News' RSS feeds not-suck, despite ongoing efforts to dilute their value by the BBC themselves.

Last month they started injecting ads for their email newsletter-based subscription option into their RSS feed. But I don't need email: I have RSS! The ad initially slipped through the filters because it looks like the URL of a news article: sneaky move, BBC!

Anyway; it's fixed now and these newsletter ads should no longer appear in the feeds available on https://bbc-feeds.danq.dev - hurrah!

#note #bbc #news #bbcNewsRssProxy #rss #adBlockers #advertising

Via: 🔗 https://danq.me/2026/10/14/stripping-sign-up-now-ads-from-bbc-news-feeds/

Oh, look, the NYT is back with another groundbreaking revelation: other planets exist! 🌌🔭 And guess what? Some might be more habitable than Earth, because, clearly, our climate woes aren't enough of a hint. 🙄 But first, disable that ad blocker and enable JS for the ultimate eye-opening experience! 🌎✨
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/13/science/inhabitable-planets-solar-system.html #NYTrevelation #PlanetDiscovery #HabitablePlanets #ClimateAwareness #AdBlockers #HackerNews #ngated

"Subscribe to the Verge to continue reading"

How about I don't?

"We can't survive without ads :( Please turn off your adblocker pretty-please :("

How about reforming society in such a way that ads are not necessary beyond a "hey can someone help me do this thing?" or "check out this cool thing we made that we are very proud of and want to show off" sense.

#adblockers #socialism

Ah, the classic "blame JavaScript and ad blockers for our website's failures" strategy 😂. Reuters, your tech reporting is as outdated as a Windows 95 startup sound. Meanwhile, Microsoft gets a timeout from the green card program—because who needs #innovation when you have bureaucracy? 🙄💻
https://www.reuters.com/business/us-suspending-permanent-residency-program-for-microsoft-vance-says-2026-10-08/ #JavaScriptFail #outdatedTech #MicrosoftBureaucracy #AdBlockers #HackerNews #ngated

In the latest episode of "AI Tries to Grow a Conscience," #Anthropic embarks on a noble quest to teach morality to its bots—because apparently, our future robot overlords need etiquette lessons. 🤖💼 Meanwhile, readers are left battling the mighty duo of #JavaScript and ad blockers just for a peek. 🕵️‍♂️💻 Who knew moral philosophy needed so much tech support?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/us/anthropic-claude-morals-ai.html #AI #Ethics #Technology #AdBlockers #HackerNews #ngated

Oh look, the #NYT is attempting to explain molecular biology to us, peasants, with their usual flair for the obvious—virus swipes gene, world spins on 😱🔬. But first, let's navigate the labyrinth of JS and ad blockers because, clearly, the science isn't the only thing they make hard to access 🧩🚧.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/science/virus-molluscum-human-gene.html #HackerNews #MolecularBiology #AdBlockers #ScienceCommunication #HackerNews #ngated

🚀🎉 Hooray! The US has finally managed to pull out of Iraq, only two decades late. But don't get too excited, folks—you still have to navigate the #labyrinth of #JavaScript and ad blockers on #Reuters first. 🙄📉
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-forces-exit-iraq-after-two-decades-leaving-opening-iran-2026-09-29/ #USWithdrawal #AdBlockers #News #HackerNews #ngated

I've been using #Opera browser for years, because I can block adverts. It changed my life.

I've also been using this weatehr page https://www.weatherzone.com/au/vic/melbourne/melbourne for years, totally ad-free.

The weather page recently updated something and now....now the adverts are showing up, despite not being on the excluded list.

So, is this how it's going to be now? Sites can just bypass the #adblockers?

Website: In order to view our site, please disable your adblocker.

Also website: Every *ad* other *ad* sentence *ad* gets *ad* followed *inline ad* by *ad* an *ad* advertisement. Also; subscribe now.

#adblocker #adblockers #advertisement #advertisements #enshittification

Oh, the aviation gods must be laughing! ✈️🛑 The US, with all its tech prowess, is brought to its knees by a rogue fiber line, while Reuters reminds us that ad blockers are truly the root of all evil. Maybe next time they'll use a stronger string? 😂
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/faa-halts-some-us-east-coast-flights-due-communication-issues-2026-09-21/ #aviationfails #techhumor #fiberopticissues #adblockers #newsworthy #HackerNews #ngated

Despite running 2 #AdBlockers (admittedly free versions - AdBlock Plus and AdBlock) and #PrivacyBadger, there are increasingly more and more websites that show endless ads to me. Often recipe pages. No matter if I block the ads individually, a new one pops up.

Any ideas on how to make the ads stop? And I can tell you all right now, the answer is not for me to run linux.

Adblockers are killing the advertisement industry. Install uBlock Origin today to kill it faster.

#adblockers #uBlockOrigin

🔥🎉 Oh, look! #Mozilla finally discovered the magic of ad blockers in 2026, because who needs #innovation when you can just catch up three decades too late? 🙄🚀 Meanwhile, ads everywhere are quaking in their boots because a browser on #iOS might start blocking them... or not. 😂📱
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/ad-blocker-on-ios/ #AdBlockers #Delayed #Browsers #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated

How #AdBlockers Work #MentalOutlaw #Privacy #Security #Surveillance #MassSurveillance #yt

https://youtu.be/ddCLuQLMq_8

Test your #adblockers #privacy #security #surveillance #MassSurveillance

https://canyoublockit.com/results/ Great I passed

https://adblock.turtlecute.org/ 86%

https://superadblocktest.com/ 89%

https://adblock-tester.com/ 96 out of 100

https://adblocktester.pages.dev/ 97%

Feel free to share your results too

#Reminder Thu, Aug 28th 2025 German courts are reopening the debate on whether ad blockers infringe copyright—again. Mike Masnick argues the logic is “legal zombie” nonsense, since extensions that alter page display (DOM/CSS) should be about user control—not copyright. 📰🧑‍💻⚖️ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/28/here-we-go-again-german-courts-reopen-the-is-ad-blocking-copyright-infringement-nonsense-we-thought-wed-put-to-bed/ #AdBlocking #Copyright #BrowserFreedom #Germany #Techdirt #AdBlockers #Privacy #Cybersecurity #Mozilla #Germany #PrivacyMatters #AxelSpringerSE #NotOnce #Security #Surveillance

#Reminder Published August 19, 2025 Germany’s top court revived a case that could make ad blockers unlawful over alleged copyright violations—potentially threatening user freedom, privacy, and security. Mozilla warns the precedent could hit other extensions too. If it spreads, Germany could become the 2nd country to ban ad blockers (after China). https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/germanys-possible-ad-blocker-ban-could-threaten-user-freedom-and-privacy-says-mozilla 🔍🛡️📵 #AdBlockers #Privacy #Cybersecurity #Mozilla #Germany #PrivacyMatters #AxelSpringerSE #NotOnce #Security #Surveillance

🚀 Breaking news: Facebook ads have achieved #sentience and are now impervious to uBlock Origin's feeble attempts at filtering. 🙄 Apparently, even ad blockers are throwing in the towel, leaving users to drown in a sea of targeted marketing. 🎯💥
https://www.neowin.net/news/facebook-ads-are-so-hard-to-block-that-ublock-origin-stopped-filtering-them/ #FacebookAds #uBlockOrigin #TargetedMarketing #AdBlockers #HackerNews #ngated

"If you've ever needed another reason to use an ad-blocker, this is it. By blocking ads, you can prevent pervasive tracking, surveillance, and yes, even malware, from landing on your computer.

Adform has now disclosed the breach, but the company didn't say how it was initially compromised or how many people may have been affected. When I reached out to the company with questions about the incident, a spokesperson referred me instead to its public statement.

Per its statement, Adform said it was still investigating if the hackers also took information about which websites a person visited; Adform said the code suggests this was possible.

I went to check out Adform's statement but couldn't at first, in large part because my ad blocker (uBlock Origin on desktop; Filtr/Wipr on iPhone) prevented Adform's entire domain from loading. Even had I visited a website that contained the malicious Adform code, this shows my ad blocker would have prevented the code from loading."

https://this.weekinsecurity.com/online-advertising-giant-adform-was-hacked-proving-once-again-why-ad-blockers-are-necessary/

#CyberSecurity #Hacking #AdForm #AdBlockers #Malware #AdTracking

Online ad giant Adform was hacked, proving once again why ad blockers are needed

https://this.weekinsecurity.com/online-advertising-giant-adform-was-hacked-proving-once-again-why-ad-blockers-are-necessary/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49170001

#HackerNews #Adform #Hack #AdBlockers #CyberSecurity #OnlineAdvertising #PrivacyProtection