• CM400@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Can we stop with the fucking ads please?

    Trump, however, had other ideas.

    That one line was sandwiched between a video ad and a box asking for my email address. I’d rather have zero access to news stories without a subscription than to have all the goddamned pop ups and online ads that break up the story. The worst are the fucking pop up videos that auto play and follow you down the screen. WHOTHEFUCKWANTSTHATSHIT?!?

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        2 months ago

        No, I’ve got an adblocker. Even the sites that block them still have chunks of empty boxes that break up the text.

        And why is it on me to block the ads? Why can’t news organizations just not be shitty? I understand they need revenue, but that doesn’t mean I should have to comb through shit to find the story.

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          2 months ago

          I understand they need revenue, but that doesn’t mean I should have to comb through shit to find the story.

          Thing is, how would you suggest they get their revenue without ads?

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            2 months ago

            I’m not saying there should be no ads, I’m saying the site should feature the article and not the ads.

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      2 months ago

      How are you using the internet without uBlock Origin? o_O

      (I also recommend Google Sign-in Popup Blocker on Firefox. And as others have mentioned, Reader mode is nice.)

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      Firefox+uBlock Origin+built in simplified reader mode will net you no ads on that site. You’re really doing yourself a disservice by not using those tools.

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      2 months ago

      Rawstory has an ad-blocker blocker. So your choices are use an archive site, or find the reader view in your browser.