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Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled(www.bleepingcomputer.com)

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ArchRecord@lemm.ee
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Adblockers are the largest consumer boycott in history.

Google isn’t just disabling an extension, they’re attacking a boycott comprised of 200,000,000+ people, all around the globe, standing up to forced manipulation of our beliefs and habits by profit-hungry corporations.

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Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz
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If Google presented me with ads for things I might be interested in and in a non-invasive way, wouldn’t mind looking at them at all.

Instead I get ads for the seemingly random shit I have absolutely zero interest in buying. How they are consistently wrong about my spending habits is unbelievable. I have two fucking hobbies! I don’t see ads for anything relating to them. Ever.

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madcaesar@lemmy.world
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Ad blockers block more than just shitty ads. They also block malicious ads.

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pete_the_cat@lemmy.world
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Also, there’s like 10 per webpage, and then you have the damn pop-ups when you scroll 🤬

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theoretiker@discuss.tchncs.de
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Sounds like you need to give Google more private information

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irreticent@lemmy.world
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I never thought about it that way. Interesting. Thanks!

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TCB13@lemmy.world
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You’re correct, and now people will boycott Chrome. Firefox and Brave are good / accessible / easy to get for most people so…

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itsnotits@lemmy.world
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a boycott comprising* 200,000,000+ people

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