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New Reddit controls let you block your most-hated advertisers for a year (arstechnica.com)
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[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I still don't understand why google went from "intrusive ads are bad" to basically allowing Google Play to be completely taken over by games and apps that require you to watch 30-60 second long ads to do anything. Man how I miss discovering cool apps and games. I was completely fine with watching 5 second ads for rewards, but at this point I doubt anyone even pays attention to the screen anymore, which does the opposite effect of marketing.