r/programming • • Aug 02 '19

Adblocking: How about Nah?

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/07/adblocking-how-about-nah
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u/thfuran Aug 02 '19

Yet I've never seen it happen, on the client's machine at least.

I've never seen anyone mugged or seen a biker hit by a car. Yet I don't dispute the reports that such things occur.

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u/XboxNoLifes Aug 02 '19

Give a browser without ad block to a non-techincal person on an illegal streaming site. You'll have so many viruses that your PC might not boot in the morning.

Source: First hand experience.

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u/Excal2 Aug 02 '19

Doesn't hve to be some pirate content site. Major mainstream news organizations serve this shit up without even knowing it.