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Do you use adblock? Why? Why not?

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I posted this question because I once saw a tweet that said something like:

“If you use adblock, you don’t care about creator’s point blank”

What is your opinion on this? Do you agree with them?

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M-Reimer@lemmy.world
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I use ad blockers everywhere. I hate ads and wouldn’t buy anything advertised there anyway.

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_cnt0@lemmy.villa-straylight.social
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I avoid ads whereever and whenever I can. If the stuff I can’t avoid is particularly obnoxious, I make a mental note never to buy the product even if I need something of the sort.

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infamousbelgian@lemmy.ml
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I have been with this idea for a very long time. But over time all the platforms got more and more greedy and I had the feeling that my privacy got more and more invaded.

Since that time, I have an Adblock and use DDG.

Sorry content creators.

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timmytbt@sh.itjust.works
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Agree 100% with this

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tubbadu@lemmy.kde.social
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But I care of now being flooded with invasive ads popup and other shit

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BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml
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I’ve never heard that argument.

i use ad blockers everywhere.

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cannedtuna@lemmy.world
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The argument was undoubtedly put forward by someone selling ads.

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𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml
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I use AdBlock (and SponsorBlock on YouTube, and a cookie whitelist and a JavaScript whitelist) because only I decide what to see on my screen.

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