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Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads (www.windowscentral.com)
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[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 44 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Most users are fucking idiots and will continue to raw-dog the internet while visiting the most malicious sites possible.

[–] Deepus@lemm.ee 25 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I feel like you've worked helpdesk at some point.

[–] Nightwingdragon@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

Worked IT. Can confirm.

[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes. Unfortunately. "a virus? How did I get that? What's an anti-virus? You must be wrong, I just do a little bit of web browsing and downloading music." (this was in the windows xp days that I'm specifically flashing back to)