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bombela
2480 days ago
ads. ads everywhere. it's almost impossible to read the article.
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huffmsa
2480 days ago
Pi-hole my dude. Makes local news sites actually readable.
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davidkuhta
2480 days ago
So is it accurate to say Pi-hole blows the doors off your previous news consumption experience?
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huffmsa
2480 days ago
I've thrown many a phone because of the page jumping around as ads load. No more.
Blocks something like 25-30% of my web traffic.
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amatecha
2480 days ago
Nice, thanks for the reminder about pi-hole! Been meaning to set it up for so long now! :)
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senectus1
2480 days ago
it really is super easy to do. took me an hour while i was watching TV
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huffmsa
2480 days ago
I set mine up while lying in bed one morning from my phone using Termius (W19, but been using it for years).
It's great.
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tus88
2480 days ago
Try going there without Javascript. A lovely grey screen and nothing else!
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qrbLPHiKpiux
2480 days ago
Since using the Internet since 1992, this is the worst I have seen it.
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dooglius
2480 days ago
Why are you not blocking them?
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usefulcat
2480 days ago
I use a curated hosts file and I don't see a single ad on that page.
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walrus01
2480 days ago
KOMO is owned by Sinclair broadcasting now, which you can Google about and draw your own conclusions.
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Aloha
2480 days ago
How do you think Sinclair's purported bias coloring this story?
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walrus01
2479 days ago
I don't, I was referencing the tendency of local TV station websites to be absolutely packed with annoying advertising.
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