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[-] anothermember@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago

I really wish people would stop calling them adblockers too, they're wide-spectrum content blockers, and they're not blocking ads, they're blocking malicious ad-networks which is necessary for user security. Given the prevalence of online spyware it should be a basic feature built in to all web browsers.

It just gives spyware-promoting sites the ability to say "but you're hurting our revenue" which is a completely separate issue.

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