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Adblockers stop publishers serving ads to (or even seeing) 1bn web users - Press Gazette
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this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2025
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Seeing static banner ads on 2000s websites without popups or tracking: ๐คทโโ๏ธ
Blocking ads on Firefox after popups and other crap started: ๐
Browsing the internet on Android before I realised the browser supports addons: ๐คฎ
Blocking ads and tracking on Android via uBlock origin and Privacy Badger: ๐๐
My feeling of guilt when scummy megacorporations miss out on ad revenue:
Even better: system-wide DNS adblocking on Android. Get rid of in-app ads too.
I use a degoogled CalyxOS phone so all those apps that load ads via Google services don't even work, or they work and the ads don't load haha. One caveat is that I can't use paid apps either though, I'm not against those.
But yeah system wide blocking is definitely the most thorough method!