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Ad Blocking: The Digital Double-Edged Sword (hpematter.com)
2 points by amorgan 3768 days ago
2 comments
DrScump 3768 days ago
This article is a poster child for the issue. The page hits seven external metric sites (per Ghostery) and hits you with a subscription popup midway through that also scrolls you back to the top, making you lose your place. Winning!
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amorgan 3768 days ago
I'm seeing 11 trackers (6 advertising, 1 essential, 2 analytics & 2 social media) per Ghostery, but didn't receive any popups.

The "how much have you read?" indicator is pretty neat.

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xcombelle 3768 days ago
"Google users don’t block search ads because they are useful."

Nice joke Larry Page !

I go back to my uBlock origin ad safe browser

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