our expanded focus on online advertising won’t be embraced by everyone in our community

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  • Soapbox1858@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    I don’t mind simple static ads on websites as a way to keep them free to use. The reason I use an ad blocker is because websites use ads that flash, play video/audio, and dynamically resize causing the text you are trying to read to jump around and change, making the site unusable. Even with an adblocker, sometimes the only way to use those sites is with reader mode. I disable the adblocker on sites that display reasonable, mostly static advertising. People putting in the work to make the content deserve to eat.

    • LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.org
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      1 month ago

      The sane way is to allow all sites only to load the main HTML document. Sites that get return visits and have earned some trust get to have their CSS loaded.

      You will never see another advertisement “jump around” again

      I use uMatrix btw