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Mozilla acquires Anonym, an ad start-up founded by former Meta executives (blog.mozilla.org)

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[–] Justice@lemmygrad.ml 35 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Seems like shit!

I like what the ublock origin creators/devs have to say about ads/adblocking

It is important to note that using a blocker is NOT theft. Do not fall for this creepy idea. The ultimate logical consequence of blocking = theft is the criminalization of the inalienable right to privacy.

Ads, "unintrusive" or not, are just the visible portion of the privacy-invading means entering your browser when you visit most sites. uBO's primary goal is to help users neutralize these privacy-invading methodsin a way that welcomes those users who do not wish to use more technical means.

From their Github

[–] CompadredeOgum@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 4 months ago

The idea of saying blocking is theft is absurd

[–] amemorablename@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 4 months ago

It's also not just about privacy. It's also about safety (historically, ads can be a vector for viruses). And it's about having garbage shoveled in front of you that makes the internet borderline unusable. Which comes back to capitalism and the nature of every space becoming an ad-infested hell because consume product is the god.