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limerod@reddthat.com 5 days ago
Stupid stuff like this is the reason I use Ublock-Origin. Before that I used to use Umatrix when it was maintained. I blocked just about everything and had countless rules for my most visited websites so idiotic stuff wouldn’t load.
Nowaways, I block 3rd party frames and call it a day. If my connection is slow I can block pictures, javascript and 3rd party bloat to reduce bandwidth and browse basic sites.
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 4 days ago
There was a scene in Law & Order decades ago where Jerry Orbach’s character, investigating a murder scene, makes the wry comment, “Oh, suspenders and a belt” after noting a diaphragm and condom wrapper on the nightstand.
uBO is great, but it’s not a complete prophylactic. NoScript also ends endless ads loading. A pihole can handle things at the network level. There are numerous ways to maintain internet hygiene that most people don’t realize exist, because it’s not profitable to give people control over their own devices, so those of us on Firefox (or a derivative) and several extensions are characterized as “crooks who want to steal the internet.”
As with politicians, each accusation is an admission.
Ad companies: “I want to use the vast majority of the data allocation you pay for.”
Me: “No.”
Ad companies: “THIEF!!!”
Redjard@reddthat.com 4 days ago
ubo has a button to disable javascript. For news pages that tends to be the easiest way to make them barely usable.