Alt text: a screenshot of an article that is over 90% covered by ads.

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I’m sorry to inform you that there might be some content leaking through your ads.

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wtf is even going on in that photo? she’s holding a magnifying glass and a clipboard? cutting board? so confused

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She’s gonna find her bladder cancer and cut it out herself because she can’t afford the $2 mil hospital bill

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I wish this were not the best explanation, but it certainly seems that way.

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a.“i”. generated cancer* for ad-driven bladder cancer test scam. Thing went awry with the left hand. Had to paste over something bladder-laboratory.
* may cause brain cancer.

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I realize you’re not asking for help, but this person needs uBlock Origin or something similar to block the entire element, not just the ad content…

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Good VPNs have adblockers.

Everyone on the Internet should have one now. Also a password generator.

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I wonder how Firefox’s new reader toggle would handle this. It basically strips things down to the core textual content of the page.

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Works pretty well. Reader Mode is great at unfucking user-hostile site designs like this.

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God bless Firefox reader mode.

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Browsing the internet on mobile devices has gotten so bad in the last few years. It’s all but guaranteed that at least quarter of the space on any website is going to be taken up by floating ads that don’t move as you scroll. Some of them it’s over half. I cannot understand how normal folks navigate the web without adblockers.

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Yo, after I switched to Firefox, I realized its mobile app offers ad blocking add-ons for mobile. Holy shit was that a dealmaker for me. I actually want to browse the web on my phone again.

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uBlock Origin is very powerful thing. It can remove link tracking (I posted links before if you’re interested); it can remove parts of site; it can change JavaScript and its response. Basically, everything is possible.

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Do I still need the “I still don’t care about cookies” extension if I add the filter list?

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