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[–] 154 points 1 year ago (16 children)

Stop. Install your favorite ad blocker, like ublock origin. Refresh.

Work smarter not harder

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Why was it ever disabled to start with?

    Every time a dodgy site has asked me to disable it, it still doesn't work, and now you have a bunch of tracking cookies and has to look at ads for other porn sites.

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  • [+] 81 points 1 year ago (8 children)
  • [–] 42 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    YEA! We just kept closing popups till we got the right one!!!!

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    And then your friend sends you a link to the "You Are An Idiot" gag site so you just have to reboot.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Forgot to turn the volume down, instant regret as the speakers on the family computer scream ”HI EVERYBODY I’M LOOKING AT GAY PORNO”

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    No lie, this is how I learnt keyboard hotkeys as a kid. I'd click middle mouse to open a link on the site in a new tab, with my hand ready to go on Ctrl + W. The nanosecond I detected a fake site, I'd closer that sucker and move onto the next link.

    Oh boy did I bring a lot of viruses on my computer in the process in the name of efficiency & greed (& hefty amount of stupidity).

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago

    About 2 years ago I spent most of a Christmas sorting out my MIL's new laptop, uninstalling junk and whatnot, and I tossed ublock origin on there. A few days ago I came back to sort out the Realtek audio drivers which uninstalled themselves via Windows Update. I find she has an entirely different laptop now, branded as"Acemagic" but through the magic of forced Microsoft Sign-in ublock origin synced to Edge on this new laptop, and there was no crapware installed despite the laptop clearly being in use for about 6 months already!

    TL;DR install ublock origin on your parents computers to save yourself some trouble down the line

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Even with uBlock Origin, some pirate sites still have this problem because the ads either are not typical ad elements or are not in the block list. Very common with sites that host pirated android apps, in my experience.

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