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Majority of Americans now use ad blockers (www.theregister.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago

That's because ads fucking suck

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

I've been blocking ads since 1998, thanks to WebWasher. That acted as a local proxy that blocked all known ad urls. No heuristics, no algorithms, no nothing. Back in the good old days that was plenty.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

I'm still surprised so many people don't use them.

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