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[–] drekly@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

He just put ads in his app mate. He's not in the CIA

[–] Catweazle@social.vivaldi.net 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

@drekly, simple ads are not a problem, if they are based on the content of the page and not based on user logs. Ads as is only can be somewhat annoying if there a lot in the page or they appears in the middle of a concert in YT, but no are a risk for the user privacy, no more than a commercial poster in the street or an ad in TV. As with all, bad the abuse. Years ago you saw 1-2 banners in a page, but novadays you must seek the webcontent between advertisings, banners, cookieadvices and popups

[–] drekly@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Catweazle@social.vivaldi.net 1 points 1 year ago

@drekly, no ok, blocking trackers is legit selfdefense, but also the abuse of ads, blocking these also is needed. Only it isn't a problem when a web shows an banner image or two, this can be tolerated, but not the abuse of ads currently and annoying popups, it is legit to block this crap.