Daniel@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agoWhat are some must-have browser settings and add-ons?message-squaremessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down12
arrow-up159arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some must-have browser settings and add-ons?Daniel@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·9 months agoI’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.
minus-squareScott@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoTBH, I would rather not even waste the bandwidth sending the requests and just outright block them.
minus-squareonline@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoPlus if it’s clicking on ads for me, does that mean it’s potentially helping to load malware delivered through advertising?
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoThink of it this way. Each time an advertiser throws an advert at you and you click on the advert, the advertiser gets charged.
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.
TBH, I would rather not even waste the bandwidth sending the requests and just outright block them.
Plus if it’s clicking on ads for me, does that mean it’s potentially helping to load malware delivered through advertising?
Think of it this way. Each time an advertiser throws an advert at you and you click on the advert, the advertiser gets charged.