I disabled Brave shields to use this site and then my phone turned into an air fryer from all the bloatware it was loading. Temps went up like 20 DC.

The spite I have for fandom… is… so… intense

Numbers go brrrr

  • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.caEnglish
    73·
    12 days ago

    this is extra funny because as anyone who’s been to fandom without an ad blocker knows, the site is 80% aids

      • Wildmimic@anarchist.nexusEnglish
        5·
        12 days ago

        My eyes and brain felt like me being immunosuppressed by HIV and infected by 17 different bacteria everytime i went there without ad blocker. It is a fully accurate description

  • Psythik@lemmy.worldEnglish
    62·
    12 days ago

    Firefox with Ublock Origin doesn’t have this issue. (Or whatever Firefox derivative you prefer.) Please stop using Chromium-based browsers. Google is actively trying to kill adblocking. Stick with Gecko.

  • katy ✨@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    58·
    12 days ago

    “our site is supported by ads”

    hmmmm

    “!w fandom (website)”

    scroll down

    Owner TPG Inc. (2018–present)

    huh clicks

    “TPG Inc., previously known as Texas Pacific Group and TPG Capital,[4] is an American private equity firm based in Fort Worth, Texas,[3] with primary offices in New York City and additional offices in Washington, D.C., Miami, San Francisco, and internationally. TPG manages investment funds in growth capital, venture capital, public equity, and debt investments. The firm invests in various industries, including consumer/retail, media and telecommunications, industrials, technology, travel, leisure, and health care.”

    interesting…hm, i see. lets what else?

    Revenue Increase US$4.67 billion (2025)[1]  
Net income Increase US$185 million (2025)[1]  
AUM	Increase US$245.9 billion (2024)  
Total assets	Increase US$13.5 billion (2025)[1]  
Total equity	Increase US$4.14 billion (2025)

    fascinating

  • LillyPip@lemmy.caEnglish
    31·
    12 days ago

    Fandom has become progressively more fucked and unusable over the years. Can’t remember the last time I visited that site, it’s been a long while, but I remember being more than mildly infuriated.

  • ozymandias117@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    12 days ago

    How to allow ads on school & corporate networks

    Seems pretty fucking sketchy. “Please use these tricks to bypass your admin”

  • the_riviera_kid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    12 days ago

    Well thats because brave is shit. Try a firefox fork like waterfox with ublock origin.

    I just did and had 0 issues.

        • miadidi@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          12 days ago

          Agreed and upvoted but the browser is good. It works better than pretty much anything out there especially on android. Firefox for me is getting slower on desktop for some reason. Websites take a lot of time to load.

          • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
            8·
            12 days ago

            Have you tried Firefox on Android? You can actually have plugins. It’s the only mobile browser I know of that supports that.

            I haven’t had your issue with Firefox getting slower though. I use Zen, but it’s still Firefox and it seems fine. Maybe it’s just the mainline branch getting slower? Could it be AI? Do you have it toggled off?

            • miadidi@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              12 days ago

              I tried literally everything (troubleshooting mode, uninstall all extensions, use the default state on a new profile, use the default state on a fresh install, use arkenfox user.js, etc) before installing brave origin. Even tried Librewolf. But seems like a Gecko issue for me. I was later told to diagnose what is slowing it down using the network tab but I had already switched by then and didn’t want to troubleshoot anymore when Brave Origin works flawlessly for me.

              Also on Android I don’t need any plugins other than an ad-blocker which brave has built in. Only downside to Brave is that I have to turn off their Crypto bullshit. So yeah brave ticks all the boxes for me currently.

              • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
                2·
                12 days ago

                I didn’t think I needed plugins on mobile until I had the option. I still don’t have as many as desktop, but there are some incredibly useful ones. things like Indie Wiki Buddy, for avoiding Fandom, as an example.

                • miadidi@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  2·
                  12 days ago

                  My use-case for browsers is just searching stuff, opening a website, reading stuff—the basics. Even on desktop the only extensions I use other than ad-blockers are Bitwarden, Sponsor Block and Return YT dislikes.

  • FireWire400@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    11 days ago

    Fandom is such a shitshow… I was part of a wikia based wiki for more than a decade and experienced the transition following the buyout rebrand to fandom/curse (it apparently wasn’t a buyout, sure felt like one though).

    The first thing they did was fire almost all the local staff and replace it by their people, then the enshittification began; they introduced a new discussion feed to replace the forum function (which was basically just lazy a Twitter clone). It was completely separate from the main wiki and pretty much killed off that side of the community. There were a lot of users that just used that without ever stepping a foot into the main wiki, which obviously isn’t very helpful when the site relies on users to create and maintain articles.

    They also trippled the amount of ads on the site and introduced a new layout that fucked up the old one we had meticulously created.

    I left that place in 2017 and so did pretty much all of the users and admins I knew. Once one of the top ten German language wikis, it’s pretty much abandoned now.

  • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
    12·
    12 days ago

    You should use the plugin Indie Wiki Buddy. It’s better than the people saying “just use Breeze Wiki.” It actively transfers you to the indie wiki option even when you select a Fandom link (if you have the option set). It also does a lot more than just Breeze Wiki. You can toggle certain wikis on or off and set their priorities. For example, some games won’t have a Breeze Wiki page, but they will have some other Wiki, and this handles that without you having to think about it.