How the web became unreadable

3 years ago by q5VtXnYt to c/technology

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LolaCat 49 points 3 years ago

I always forget how many intrusive ads are on the internet. One time I shared a link to one of my family members and they almost got a virus because of a pop-up ad. The web is actually unusable without uBlock Origin.

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bappity 12 points 3 years ago

ublock origin is the best! I currently use it to filter out all twitter blue users :)

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Mac 3 points 3 years ago

Why are you on the birdsite?

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bappity 2 points 3 years ago

to suffer

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