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> On the contrary, I've always felt that content to display, and in particular code to execute, on my device is my decision and mine alone.

Absolutely. I reserve the right to decide what gets displayed on my computer, and what code runs. Websites can try to serve me stuff I don't want to see, but if they do, I am well within my rights to remove it.

That doesn't stop at ads, either. I often use my ad blocker's element hider to remove all the superfluous cruft that adorns so many websites. I don't want to see your social media sharing buttons, your half-page auto-playing videos, your cluttered sidebars, or enormous footers. And I definitely don't want to see your "Open in App" buttons that occlude the lower portion of your content.

If you want to ruin your site with user-hostile design, then fine, but that won't stop me from making it usable again on my device.



This. So many times.

Sites like the BBC go in for this nonsense with their “Breakinng News” pop over.

Or Reddit taking a third of the screen to push their app.

Even this Bloomberg article has one of those annoying scroll back vanity flaps.

Adblockers are a way of asserting control over how content is displayed, something that was part of the original design of the web.

Many content creators think only they should control display of information hence the push to apps and removing control from users.


> I don't want to see your social media sharing buttons...

I don't want to see them, and I don't want them to see (track) me either.




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