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there's now more ads in "legit" sites (YouTube, amazon) than in piracy sites (lemmy.world)
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[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I feel like most of the kind of people who go out of their way to pirate also go out of their way to avoid ads.

[–] sudo@lemmy.today 23 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
  1. Download Firefox (or other preferred gecko browser)
  2. Install uBlock Origin add-on

Really going out of the way to avoid them.

[–] Tribble_Slayer@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean I set up a Pi-Hole along with U-Block Origin, and I have my Jellyfin NAS running all my shows/movies so that I very seldom see any advertisements ever..

[–] sudo@lemmy.today 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Pi hole is definitely great but I'll concede that getting that going probably qualifies as 'going out of the way'. That said, it is worth every penny/second spent configuring.

[–] Tribble_Slayer@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Absolutely. I simply have a deep seated hatred of ads of all shapes, sizes, and purposes (=

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Ads are like tribbles, keep slayin away

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

You'd be surprised how many people don't have the motivation/understanding to do even that.

[–] huquad@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Had this bite me once growing up. Forgot to get an ad block on my friends PC and ended up blasting porn ads on the family PC.

[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

Never raw dog the net like that...