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this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2024
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Enshittification
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What is enshittification?
The phenomenon of online platforms gradually degrading the quality of their services, often by promoting advertisements and sponsored content, in order to increase profits. (Cory Doctorow, 2022, extracted from Wikitionary) source
The lifecycle of Big Internet
We discuss how predatory big tech platforms live and die by luring people in and then decaying for profit.
Embrace, extend and extinguish
We also discuss how naturally open technologies like the Fediverse can be susceptible to corporate takeovers, rugpulls and subsequent enshittification.
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Step 1 is critical because ad blockers on Chrome (for obvious reasons) have some limitations. Even the developer of uBlock origin recommends Firefox: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-best-on-Firefox
Alternatively. Get Adnausem
It is built on top of ublock origin and will "click" on the adverts behind the scenes and make advertisers think you like a product messing with your advertising profile.
It also has a nice AdVault so you can see what advertisers are trying to push onto you.
Even better: get Librewolf with uBO pre-installed!
Just get uBlock Origin instead. Years ago I made the switch and never looked back!
Adblock Plus sold themselves out so fucking bad lmao
Yeah, it was obvious when the original dev sold out, but I could never be seen in public again at this point. It's a disgrace. "hey look guys, it's the one who saved the internet and then sold their dignity because they are a massive pussy!" every second of every day has to be brutal. That check could never be enough for that.
It helps if you can wipe your tears away with 100 dollar bills.
You shouldn't be using AdblockPlus anyways...what is wrong with you?
Why the fuck are people still using adblock? They did a similar thing many years ago already, which is when ublock properly took off.
Because people don't know
Geez, just use uBlock Origin
To be honest everyone should think of their adblock developers, support uBlock Origin existance
I believe what they're referencing is sites that require you disable your ad blocker to access; they're saying you will be able to bypass those gates while keeping your ad blocker enabled
Still enshitification though. Fuck everything about this
If you're going to spend €40, you might as well get a Raspberry Pi and setup a PiHole. You cam also run your own Mastodon server and Lemmy instance on it if you set them all using Docker.
Are they not a German company? In that case they have to show the price including VAT. AFAIK a price that excludes VAT, even if that is stated, is not enough when selling to consumers.
Tha's a nice adblawck ya got there. Be a shame if... it suddenly stopped working, doncha think?
This is what I call the internets healthcare insurance scam. If you can’t get the reference look at Americas healthcare insurance system and identify the reason it’s all a scam(over inflation to the point that it only works with insurance/cut % off). This is a system that is designed where now both parties can benefit from a payment plan. I pay you to let my blocker block you but they have to pay a premium and you get a cut from it. It’s called a business deal and as an adblocker them making deals with advertisers to make it easier or work better is the scummiest shit ever. That’s why if you have to pay premium for better adblocking it’s because it’s most likely backdoor deals that can be compared to healthcare insurance and hospitals in America.
Shoulda been plus plus.