Like you're on a new device or borrowing a computer, and you open a webpage - and literally every website blankets your screen with ads every-which-way and all kinds of permutations of springing up to try and get you to accidentally click on something. The actual news article or whatever is just an afterthought.

Literally - how the fuck do people use the internet without an adblocker.

  • cilantrofellow [any]
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    4 years ago

    I watch a lot of YouTube on my tv, and holy fuck there are so many ads.

    And then I watch TV and I realize why boomers are so fucking broken.

      • emizeko [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        pihole doesn't block YouTube ads, they're served from the same domain. still good as part of a multi-layered defense though

        • existentialspicerack [she/her,they/them]
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          4 years ago

          yes but they're not substantially cheaper and for absolute simplest config (IDK your level of tech savviness) you're gonna wanna have two networking options-wired and whenever they added wifi-I know the 4b's all have it, and 2gb is more than enough.

    • CylonZebra [he/him,comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      If you're by any chance using an Android TV or Android-based device, I highly recommend downloading Smart YouTube TV