▲ 77 ▼ For crying in the sink, stop posting imgur links (lemmy.sdf.org) submitted 1 year ago by wesker@lemmy.sdf.org to c/rant@lemmy.sdf.org 26 comments fedilink hide all child comments Any good blocklist will include rules that filter out the complete cancer that is imgur. I can't see your memes. Use something else, or just upload them to your instance.
[–] remon@ani.social 0 points 1 year ago (6 children) Nah, get yourself a VPN. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 9 points 1 year ago Imgur blocks my VPN. It's one of the reasons I hate them. I'm not going to poke a hole in my network just to see what your ass was too lazy to actually post to your instance. permalink fedilink source parent [–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org [S] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children) I'd be curious to hear how these dots are connected for you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] remon@ani.social 2 points 1 year ago (3 children) I assumed you can't see the pictures because you're in the UK. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org [S] 2 points 1 year ago* (2 children) Nah, I've blocklisted them at the router level because of the nauseating amount of ads and trackers they employ. The body of my post is suggesting this should be common practice for these reasons, and people should use something else permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] remon@ani.social 3 points 1 year ago permalink fedilink source parent [–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago If you use mobile you can also install TrackerControl from F-Droid (not the playstore version, playstore version is tracker viewing only) It creates an internal VPN so it can block blacklisted ad and tracker sites. It made browsing Imgur bearable. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 9 points 1 year ago Imgur blocks my VPN. It's one of the reasons I hate them. I'm not going to poke a hole in my network just to see what your ass was too lazy to actually post to your instance. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org [S] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children) I'd be curious to hear how these dots are connected for you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] remon@ani.social 2 points 1 year ago (3 children) I assumed you can't see the pictures because you're in the UK. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org [S] 2 points 1 year ago* (2 children) Nah, I've blocklisted them at the router level because of the nauseating amount of ads and trackers they employ. The body of my post is suggesting this should be common practice for these reasons, and people should use something else permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] remon@ani.social 3 points 1 year ago permalink fedilink source parent [–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago If you use mobile you can also install TrackerControl from F-Droid (not the playstore version, playstore version is tracker viewing only) It creates an internal VPN so it can block blacklisted ad and tracker sites. It made browsing Imgur bearable. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] remon@ani.social 2 points 1 year ago (3 children) I assumed you can't see the pictures because you're in the UK. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org [S] 2 points 1 year ago* (2 children) Nah, I've blocklisted them at the router level because of the nauseating amount of ads and trackers they employ. The body of my post is suggesting this should be common practice for these reasons, and people should use something else permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] remon@ani.social 3 points 1 year ago permalink fedilink source parent [–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago If you use mobile you can also install TrackerControl from F-Droid (not the playstore version, playstore version is tracker viewing only) It creates an internal VPN so it can block blacklisted ad and tracker sites. It made browsing Imgur bearable. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org [S] 2 points 1 year ago* (2 children) Nah, I've blocklisted them at the router level because of the nauseating amount of ads and trackers they employ. The body of my post is suggesting this should be common practice for these reasons, and people should use something else permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] remon@ani.social 3 points 1 year ago permalink fedilink source parent [–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago If you use mobile you can also install TrackerControl from F-Droid (not the playstore version, playstore version is tracker viewing only) It creates an internal VPN so it can block blacklisted ad and tracker sites. It made browsing Imgur bearable. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 year ago If you use mobile you can also install TrackerControl from F-Droid (not the playstore version, playstore version is tracker viewing only) It creates an internal VPN so it can block blacklisted ad and tracker sites. It made browsing Imgur bearable. permalink fedilink source parent