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Unblocking User Freedom: the right to use adblockers - FSFE (fsfe.org)

submitted 8 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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• Companies are restricting user freedom by limiting the use of adblockers and controlling online content interaction.

• Growing crackdown on browser extensions raises concerns about user control over online experiences.

• The right to use adblockers is being challenged as companies exert more control over user interactions with online content.

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[-] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 8 months ago

I never even thought about blocking ads when they were just some static text on the side of the page. Once I started seeing images that significantly slowed the page loading time, I started searching for ways of blocking them. That was when I was still on dial-up and just one image added many seconds to the loading time. Now ads can have tracking and potentially malicious scripts embedded in them, so it's important to block them for security and privacy reasons.

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