• slazer2au@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’d swap ublock origin with Adnausem. It is built on top of UBO and will mess your digital footprint by clicking on the ads it hides for you.

    • Scott@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      TBH, I would rather not even waste the bandwidth sending the requests and just outright block them.

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        1 year ago

        Plus if it’s clicking on ads for me, does that mean it’s potentially helping to load malware delivered through advertising?

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        1 year ago

        Think of it this way. Each time an advertiser throws an advert at you and you click on the advert, the advertiser gets charged.