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It really has. Ublock is so versatile, too. It can block pretty much anything. I loathe using browsers without it installed.
its so nice to just delete annoying parts of websites with it
I even install it on work computers. It’s not just plainly sexually explicit ads. It’s malware. Just say no to ads.
We’re starting to see IT departments deploy it by default too!
true heroes
it’s about to get EVEN MORE unusable, because increasingly the alleged/so-called “content” behind the nag-wall is utterly mindless AI-generated sludge.
Also so many sites that haven’t given in to the ad content farm / have found it to not be worth it are now just putting up paywalls… which I’m okay with in principle, but in reality I can’t afford to subscribe to 20 different sites I only read occasionally
There’s going to need to be a new model of revenue sharing somehow at some point. I wouldn’t mind paying for one subscription that gave me broad access, but the problem then is the control that gives whoever collects the money (e.g. YouTube Premium)
a matrix enjoyer, I see.
A perfect example for why having an adblocker is a necessity these days.
I first used uBlock origin 2 years ago and I will never go back to browsing without an adblocker
I’m not sure how people do it without an Adblock it drives me absolutely insane, cannot live without uBlock
Moral imperative.
Chances are, unless you made the website yourself, you don’t know who made certain decisions; who did specific work; how many people were actually available to do that work; how much pressure from shareholders there was to maximize income at the expense of user experience; any fiduciary challenges faced; or how often you had to overcome the urge to make a worthwhile product to further your goal of fitting as much ad space into a single page as possible (this one is HUGE).
the even more disturbing trend of late is that
- nobody made any decisions
- nobody did any specific work
- nobody was available to do the work
because an AI generated the entire content on the basis of an off-hand suggestion plugged in by a Search API directly reading some user’s query and shitting out a vapid, insipid extrapolation of that query in the rough shape of an article on-the-spot and brute force slamming SEO algorithms with keywords so it’s the first ten items you see when the search concludes.
I don’t get why some people just refuse to use ad-blockers. They work absolutely flawlessly and I have not encountered an experience such as this in almost a decade.
Just DNS alone would have blocked all on that page.
Ublock origin
Does that work for what looks like some apps internal browser?
It looks like Firefox or mull to me
Just click to open directly in Firefox, it’s an extra step but well worth it
Click where? If this is from an in-app web browser, like Google News for instance, there’s no way to link it back to Firefox AFAIK.
3 dots in the GUI, typically will have the option to open in your default browser
Even worse is taking over the back button / back gesture to redirect you to “more to read before you go”
Yeah I really wish Firefox ignored all of the dynamic “pages” or whatever it uses that causes back to just go to a different part of the same page. Go back to the last page that I clicked a link on. I know how to scroll back up.
Absolutely, use an adblocker. You might even find that “reader mode” works just as well to force articles to be coherent.
I think the funniest part is that the browser even blocked some crap the site wanted to shove at you by default. This isn’t even the intended experience!
It is your fault for not using an adblocker /s
That’s why I use Firefox (Fennec to be exact) on Android with uBlock Origin.
…otherwise, I agree with the message. Developers are fighting the process, decisions, environment and often other development decisions along the way.
It’s time for a cool, refreshing Pepsi.
/s, as needed.
I’m working to overcome a particularly troublesome piece of technology right now and enjoying a cold, refreshing, Diet Dr. Pepper, so I guess the sentiment stands.
I mean, wouldn’t you rather be a Pepper too?
I would just not read it. It’s not worth it. Get back to my stupid memes.
And people wonder why nobody actually reads the article. Far easier to just read the headline on Lemmy and the expert commentary in the comments.
I recommended you use an alternative browser like Samsung Internet, or a Chromium fork called Cromite (UI like Chrome but without Google services). They, along with Firefox, Edge etc. have ad blocker support.
After finding one you like, go into Chrome’s app settings and click “Disable” in the middle, so Google Discover won’t force you to open in Chrome even if it’s not your default browser.
With Firefox mobile now supporting plug-ins, it’s easily the best mobile browser. I think it’s the best desktop browser as well, but that’s more debatable.
The ability to sync tabs from Firefox mobile to desktop and vice versa is a huge selling point of desktop Firefox use. I’m not well versed in the best desktop browsers but when I swapped three months ago to double Firefox I’ve been very happy.
I tried it, but the best for me is Samsung Internet. I love that I can add tabs by holding the tab view button. It’s also quite customizable.
Vivaldi browser is good for sites like that because you can use simplified view, which removes all the shit and just gives you the article text.
The Reading Mode app on Android does this too.
Here’s some love for the reading mode
