beep@piefed.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago"Gen Z won't understand this but back in my day, if you ever saw as many ads as you do on social media today, it meant you had at least 3 viruses on your computer"message-squaremessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1426file-text
arrow-up1426message-square"Gen Z won't understand this but back in my day, if you ever saw as many ads as you do on social media today, it meant you had at least 3 viruses on your computer"beep@piefed.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square41fedilinkfile-text
cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/shit/p/1249337/gen-z-won-t-understand-this-but-back-in-my-day-if-you-ever-saw-as-many-ads-as-you-do-on
minus-squareFartsWithAnAccent@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up19·1 day agoIf you see ads you are doing the Internet very wrong. Install Firefox and uBlock Origin or Ad Nauseum extensions for a much safer, better experience.
minus-squareThebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-217 hours agoEven safer, add NoScript to your Firefox fork of choice
minus-squareFartsWithAnAccent@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 hours agoNoScript is good stuff but some folks might not have the patience to use it.
minus-squarefonix232@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoAnd slap a DNS based ad blocker on top just for good measure.
minus-squareFartsWithAnAccent@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·20 hours agoAdvertisers Malware and scam hosts can go stick it in their PiHole!
If you see ads you are doing the Internet very wrong. Install Firefox and uBlock Origin or Ad Nauseum extensions for a much safer, better experience.
Even safer, add NoScript to your Firefox fork of choice
NoScript is good stuff but some folks might not have the patience to use it.
And slap a DNS based ad blocker on top just for good measure.
AdvertisersMalware and scam hosts can go stick it in their PiHole!