Comment by GuB-42

17 days ago

With the difference that casual unprotected sex is enjoyable.

That ad blockers improve security is a side benefit, most people, me included install ad blockers because ads are annoying.

Ad blockers are one of these rare cases where security improve the user experience. Usually, it is the opposite. To go with the condom analogy, most people don't really like condoms, it is the safe thing to do, but they would rather not have it. I don't know anyone who would rather see the ads, but don't because it is unsafe.

In fact I don't really understand why not everyone has an ad blocker, from a personal perspective, it is all upside and no downside. But well, I guess I can't complain, if everyone had an ad blocker, websites would just make ad blocking harder, switch to paywalls or something. So thank you non-adblocked people for letting me visit websites for free without ads :)

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inigyou  17 days ago

Because there's friction in getting an adblocker. I don't think there are any that work on phones, and Google Chrome crippled theirs on desktop. You have to go far out of your way to have one.

  • GuB-42  17 days ago

    Firefox mobile supports extensions, including uBlock Origin, there are also some ad-blocking Chromium forks. But I agree, on mobile, there is significant friction, for instance, I don't know any of them that can sync with your Google account.

    And that's on Android, ad-blocking is even more limited on iOS (ironic considering the business model of Apple vs Google).