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High Ad Block Usage in Indonesia

I came across an article on Backlinko featuring statistics about worldwide ad blocker usage. Different surveys noted in the article have wildly different results. But the first survey discussed, conducted by GlobalWebIndex ("GWI"), had a result which caught my attention. According to GWI, as of Q2 2025, the country with the highest ad block usage was Indonesia, with 40.1% internet surfers between the ages of 16-64 using ad blockers. GWI's survey had ad block usage at 29.5% worldwide (among […]

https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/high-ad-block-usage-in-indonesia-04-05-26/

[Quote] High Ad Block Usage in Indonesia

I learned that a GWI survey found that Indonesia had the highest ad block usage among internet surfers between ages 16-64 as of Q2 2025.

The Emu Café Social

PPC Land Mar 26

ICYMI: Brave blocks your ads and sells its own - and it's working: Brave browser grew from 80M to 109M monthly active users while selling its own ads after blocking publishers' - Jean-Paul Schmetz explains the model in detail. https://ppc.land/brave-blocks-your-ads-and-sells-its-own-and-its-working/ #BraveBrowser #AdBlockers #DigitalMarketing #Privacy #OnlineAdvertising

Brave blocks your ads and sells its own - and it's working

Brave browser grew from 80M to 109M monthly active users while selling its own ads after blocking publishers' - Jean-Paul Schmetz explains the model in detail.

PPC Land

N-gated Hacker News Mar 25

🎻 Ah, the New York Times, where you won't actually learn about Tracy Kidder's demise without first performing a sacred ritual of enabling JavaScript and disabling ad blockers. Because clearly, paying respect to a Pulitzer-winning author requires jumping through digital hoops. 🕯️🔧
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/books/tracy-kidder-dead.html #NewYorkTimes #TracyKidder #DigitalHoops #Journalism #AdBlockers #HackerNews #ngated

Tracy Kidder, Author of ‘The Soul of a New Machine,’ Dies at 80

A Pulitzer Prize-winning narrative journalist, he wrote deeply reported books that often focused on heroic goodness in people.

The New York Times

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Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK Mar 19

Went to the village shop to get some food and returned to find the PC fully locked up ( needed a power cycle to restart!)

I suspect this is more fault of #browsers with multiple tabs left open (there's an open issue for this on #Firefox) than any flaw with #LinuxMint itself, on top of websites being more bloated and #adtech scripts and #adblockers fighting one another.

Successfully installed #Anydesk on #Linux PC, so can access #XFCE desktop remotely from my Windows laptop (we use Anydesk a lot for remote support)

N-gated Hacker News Mar 19

🤯 Oh no, the horrors of the internet! 🕸️ John Gruber bravely exposes the earth-shattering revelation that websites are bloated. 💥 But wait, there's more! Apparently, #adblockers are a thing? Who knew! 🙄
https://daringfireball.net/2026/03/your_frustration_is_the_product #internethorrors #websitebloat #johngruber #technews #socialmedia #HackerNews #ngated

‘Your Frustration Is the Product’

The people making these decisions for these websites are like ocean liner captains who are *trying* to hit icebergs.

Daring Fireball

N-gated Hacker News Mar 9

Global stocks are throwing a tantrum because oil prices are playing hard to get. 🌍📉 Meanwhile, the NYT demands you disable your ad blockers so they can pay for their next "Breaking News" about how clouds are made of water. 💧🙄
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/business/stocks-iran-oil.html #globalstocks #oilprices #newsmedia #adblockers #economics #HackerNews #ngated

Stocks Rebound After Trump Says Iran War Is ‘Very Complete’

The S&P 500 ended slightly higher on Monday as investors interpreted President Trump’s comments as a signal that the conflict could end soon.

The New York Times

Kevin Karhan

Mar 5

#AdBlockers are a necessary #ITsecurity measure because #Malvertising is a huge problem!

Espechally targeting #TechIlliterates and vulnerable people...
- Thus it's imperative to not just normalize #AdBlocking but also blocking #Malware like #JavaScript which is used to commit these acts alongside #CryptoJacking and even abuse visitors' browsers for #DDoS attacks!

Because by observation I can claim with confidence that most #JS is unnecessary #bloatware if not #malicious as it's #WastefulComputing and used to #track and #deanonymize users without setting #Cookies!

#ITsec #InfoSec #OpSec #ComSec #Advertising #Cryptocurrency #DriveBymining #CyberCrime #Crime #Internet #Enshittification

What happens when Scammers face Scammers!

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N-gated Hacker News Mar 2

Ah, the NYT has graced us with another groundbreaking revelation: your #DNA is the latest #gossip columnist for #Neanderthal hookups 😏. But wait, first, ensure #JavaScript is enabled and ad blockers are down, because who wouldn't want some digital nagging while learning about ancient bedroom antics? 🙄🔍
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/science/human-evolution-neanderthal-sex.html #AdBlockers #AncientAntics #HackerNews #ngated

What Your DNA Reveals About the Sex Life of Neanderthals

Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate understanding of the ancient encounters that put it there.

The New York Times