Dominion0236@lemmy.one to DeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.ml · 7 months agoYouTube’s ad blocker crackdown now includes third-party appswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1210arrow-down16file-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showpiracy@lemmit.onlinetechnology@lemmy.ziptechnology@lemmy.world
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minus-squareastraeus@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down3·7 months agoAnd give “the verge” some ad revenue? Or potentially have their trackers on my phone/computer? Nah I’m good.
minus-squareMinekPo1@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months ago And give “the verge” some ad revenue? Wait you don’t have an ad blocker ? (to be fair I use an adblocker which does pretend to watch and click ads thus giving the verge ad revenue)
minus-squareImprint9816@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·edit-27 months agoMy bad i assumed people on this sub had the amateur knowledge required to protect themselves and/or avoid the 5 trackers on the site. Your right though, if clicking a link to theverge is such a massive risk for you, then not reading articles is probably least of your concerns.
And give “the verge” some ad revenue? Or potentially have their trackers on my phone/computer? Nah I’m good.
Wait you don’t have an ad blocker ? (to be fair I use an adblocker which does pretend to watch and click ads thus giving the verge ad revenue)
My bad i assumed people on this sub had the amateur knowledge required to protect themselves and/or avoid the 5 trackers on the site.
Your right though, if clicking a link to theverge is such a massive risk for you, then not reading articles is probably least of your concerns.