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[–] essell@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Isn't there an argument that it's better to get them to waste money sending the ads? Does blocking prevent the adverters paying? I'm not sure how that works.

I got almost everything blocked, but one thing I can't totally is podcasts, so there I skip em.

Sadly with adverts literally everywhere, there's no single solution!

[–] yogurtwrong@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

There was a browser extension which both blocked ads and simulated clicks iirc. That comes with a processing power cost though.

But that only benefits the advertisement agency (eg. google ads) and doesn't do much harm to the advertiser imo