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WurzelmannAdblocker sind wichtig und selfcare, Abwehr einer Werbebranche, die jeglichen Sinn für die Realität verloren hat.
Nico Einsidler@wurzelmann Oh that article speaks to my soul!
> I don't know where this fascination with getting everyone to download your app comes from.
or
> The reader is not respected enough by the software. The publisher is held hostage by incentives from an auction system that not only encourages but also rewards dark patterns.
@wurzelmann These pesky "sign up with Google forms" for example...
@NE555 you can block these with ublock origin:
https://awesometoast.com/block-those-sign-in-with-google-pop-ups-using-ublock-origin/
@wurzelmann Nice, thank you so much for this tip!
@NE555 you're welcome! It annoyed me too for years...
Windy city@wurzelmann @NE555 Thank you for your kind words! 🙏
> When you open a website on your phone, it's like participating in a high-frequency financial trading market. That heat you feel on the back of your phone? The sudden whirring of fans on your laptop? Contributing to that plus battery usage are a combination of these tiny scripts.