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   Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Dec-2024 00:11:54 JST Charlie Stross

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   • Ryne Hager

   @ryne It's not just about the ads: ad distribution networks are by far the leading cause of malware infections of user's computers! Ransomware dudes pretend to be advertisers and buy ad impressions then drop malevolent turdlets on the PCs of hapless victims to encrypt all their files and demand money for an unlock.

   Adblockers aren't just for people who don't like advertising, they're absolutely basic internet self-defense against viruses and criminals.

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     Ryne Hager (ryne@androiddev.social)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Dec-2024 00:11:56 JST Ryne Hager

     Ad density and layout on some of the publishers I used to enjoy are getting so bad that I don’t have any qualms whatsoever anymore about ad blocking.

     This is wildly disrespectful to readers. And worse, imagine the experience for those on zoomed-in or older devices with smaller 16:9 displays!