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by LudoA 3071 days ago
Why AdNauseam instead of uBlock?
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nukeop 3071 days ago
It's a fork of uBlock, so it has the exact same base functionality, but as an additional benefit it helps fight the ad industry actively.
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kbenson 3071 days ago
> as an additional benefit it helps fight the ad industry actively

What does that mean, and why would I want to fight the ad industry actively? (I'm being serious, I don't like the tracking of the ad industry generally resorts to online, but I think blindly assuming the whole industry has no value whatsoever is very shortsighted)

Edit: Man, I hate when I write 300+ words on a a reply only for the parent comment to be deleted prior to my getting to post it. :/

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detaro 3071 days ago
It still loads the ads and the things they link to, so it spends your bandwidth and CPU power on creating noise/fake signals for the ad networks.
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kbenson 3071 days ago
Ah, so it fights online ad profile generation and tracking from ad networks. That's laudable (and useful).
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detaro 3071 days ago
Profile generation maybe: if it clicks randomly, the ad network doesn't know what's a "good ad" for you

Tracking I'd say less: your browser is loading the ads embedded in various sites and reveals more than if it just blocked.

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romanovcode 3071 days ago
Because it's so bad for ad business that even google store blocked it.
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