PPC Land1d ago
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 News2d ago
🎻 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
Show threadAlex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UKMar 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 NewsMar 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 NewsMar 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!

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!

YouTube
N-gated Hacker NewsMar 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
EdTech Situation RoomFeb 13

Check out EdTech Situation Room Ep 369 - Dogpile and Dark Arts
https://edtechsr.substack.com/p/edtech-situation-room-ep-339-dogpile

#edtech #edtechSR #MediaLit #DDoS #AdBlockers #ethics #DigCit #DarkArts #AI #CoWork #Claude #Gemini

by @neif and @wesfryer

Wes FryerFeb 13

Check out EdTech Situation Room Ep 369 - Dogpile and Dark Arts
https://edtechsr.substack.com/p/edtech-situation-room-ep-339-dogpile

#edtech #edtechSR #MediaLit #DDoS #AdBlockers #ethics #DigCit #DarkArts #AI #CoWork #Claude #Gemini

Laurent Espitallier (nouveau)Feb 7
Chrome : une étude prouve que les adblockers sont plus forts que jamais, malgré le Manifest V3 https://www.clubic.com/actualite-599251-chrome-une-etude-prouve-que-les-adblockers-sont-plus-forts-que-jamais-malgre-le-manifest-v3.html #google_chrome #googlechrome #navigateur_web #navigateurweb #adblockers #antipublicité #manifest_v3 #manifestv3 #étude #bloqueur_de_publicité #bloqueurdepublicité
Chrome : une étude prouve que les adblockers sont plus forts que jamais, malgré le Manifest V3

Pendant des années, Google nous a vendu Manifest V3 comme une mise à niveau technique nécessaire… au prix de bloqueurs de publicités moins performants. Une étude académique vient de lui clouer le bec : les adblockers n'ont rien perdu de leur mordant.

clubic.com