Oddbean new post about login | logout Too many sites are now crammed with adverts like this it’s revolting. This one is PC Gamer. This is why people use adblockers when it just takes the piss. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/025/513/825/316/649/original/bc52d382e4cedef2.png
@5b00f2ed it's a complete dumpster fire. It's as if the publishers are forcing you to use their mobile app so they can acquire more of your data....
@5b00f2ed I seriously don't understand why they don't get this. Instead of fixing the fundamental reasons people first started using ad blockers so that people would just eventually start forgetting even to install them due to lack of necessity, they make things so incredibly obnoxious that we have to not only have them, but start adding custom filters for all that crap.
@5b00f2ed with the added ' We value your privacy' cookie pop-up. If you valued my privacy, you wouldn't need the popup - or for the EU to force you to provide a page. I now just navigate away from any page that doesn't have a 'reject all' button. I see way less ads as a result! Pages don't just want to serve you ads, they want targeted (read: stolen data based) ads.
