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Majority of Americans now use ad blockers (www.theregister.com)
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[–] SolidVerse@lemmy.world 32 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It's a necessity. The internet really is unusable without it. Pop-up ads, long unskippable video ads, annoying shovelware scam ads, etc etc.

[–] jayandp@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 months ago

Just trying to read the news on my phone kills its battery because of all the ads and crap. I'm just reading, why is my phone's battery draining like water? Hence Ad blocker is mandatory.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

overlooking the biggest issue, the malware/virus ads.