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For-profit Pie Adblock (from the founder of Honey) called out for copying uBlock Origin open source code without credit (www.theregister.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

If you're getting ads for an adblocker, it might be time to get an adblocker (but not that one).

[โ€“] Wilshire 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It's my work computer and extensions are blocked. ๐Ÿ˜”

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Set your DNS to a pihole or some other ad blocking DNS server, that's about the best you can do on a managed system

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Oof, you gotta find that FBI post (might have a different 3 letter agency) said that adbock is required for safe browsing. Tell them users can't click on malware ads if there's no malware ads to click.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Maybe they mean ads by the creators themselves, which I do understand. While my Freetube has Sponsorblock, I am still exposed to ads - Sponsorblock is not applied to downloads.