Comment on Why aren't people harassing marketers?
vladmech@lemmy.world 1 day agoWait so not only will I not see all this junk due to uBlock Origin but the sites I frequent will make a bit more revenue because it’s registering clicks on all their ads???
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
If the site has pay-per-click, yes.
vladmech@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That’s legit, tossing it on my computers, thanks!
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Word of warning - you will have more bandwidth usage since the ad clicks are being loaded in the background sandbox, so be warned if you have something like a capped data plan or something for things like a smartphone.
Scubus@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
And that sandbox is secure, right? Aside from the fact that advertizing is unconsentual and drives consumerism, the main reason i have all ads everywhere blocked with no exceptions is because im not about to have ransomware injected onto my device because google doesnt vet their advertizers. Im down to screw the advertizers, but I dont want them having any access to my hardware or my software quite honestly.
Not a computer scientist, but sandboxes have always confused me. Software level i can understand, but it is still physcially running in your machine so i would imagine there is malware that could still effect your hardware.
GreyCat@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Do people still have those these days ?
vladmech@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Oh good to know, thank you!