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I know, I know, the wisest thing to do is to abandon them, but today I came across a site that I simply couldn't bypass because it always blocked me with an extremely stupid "disable your adblock" video, that infuriated me so much... I would 100% migrate to torrents if I didn't find such unique catalogs on these sites.

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[–] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 179 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's not an improvement over the previous meme but I take any chance I get to post this image

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[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

99% of the time, unless there's something I'm convinced I can only get there and I really need it.

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[–] junusdenised420@lemmy.dbzer0.com 110 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Report it on ublock origins github, gets fixed pretty quickly from my experience

[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

yeah i've never seen a nag i couldn't get around with element picker or custom filter. even the youtube injected ads only lasted a few days.

[–] Naich@lemmings.world 52 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I handle them by realising that whatever they have, it's not worth disabling the blocker for, so fuck them.

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I get my Spanish Latin media 🏴‍☠️ from many sites like that.

Not always an option to just go elsewhere.

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[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 50 points 1 month ago

Ublock > block element

Block third party scripts and third party frames.

Works wonders every time.

[–] kamills@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 month ago (10 children)

I try and use the right click>inspect, and just delete stuff and see what happens

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[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

Yeah I literally just close the tab. Same if anything comes up with a paywall or login or weird capcha thing. Just like "ah fuck this" and move on lol.

[–] crazyminner@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 month ago

I go to element picker and then I just delete the thing.

If it doesn't fix the issue and let me scroll or whatever, then I just leave. If it works, then great.

[–] flappy@lemm.ee 24 points 1 month ago

With more adblock (filter lists).

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 month ago

The back button

[–] veniasilente@lemm.ee 20 points 1 month ago

Go to uBO's dashboard, disable scripts, reload. Or just set browser to Reader Mode. Somehow, works over 75% of the time.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If they deserve it (e.g. 404media) I'll drop it. Else it's abandoned.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago

This is the way.

If they're a shit website, I'm a lot more spiteful and put their content on the way back machine or post it publicly somewhere.

[–] Comexs@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 month ago

Most the sites that have that 'feature' usually have a link that says " Continue without disabling adblock" but if I can't find that I use the next site in my search.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 1 month ago

I close the tab.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Many sites work best with NoScript because the anti AdBlock is done by JavaScript.

(Of course that doesn't always work, but when it does, great.)

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[–] valaramech@fedia.io 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I use uMatrix (uBlock's big brother), so sites that do this generally lose first-party JS privileges real fast.

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[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 12 points 1 month ago

You close the tab, and block the domain completely

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago

If I know the information isn't available anywhere else and I really need it, I use a temporary unrestricted browser profile.

Otherwise, Ctrl+w it is.

[–] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 11 points 1 month ago

I usually switch to reader mode if uBlock Origin doesn't do the trick

[–] Corgana@startrek.website 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

Search for the headline on a search engine and read the article elsewhere. Usually these news sites just copy and paste the article and slap a different website name on it.

[–] omxxi@feddit.org 8 points 1 month ago

90% close it, bye 10% try archive.is if it doesn't work, bye

[–] djsaskdja@reddthat.com 7 points 1 month ago

Haven’t seen anyone mention this, but a lot of the times if you’re quick you can just click reader mode and the whole page loads.

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Block scripts, using whatever you want to use. I use Brave (queue criticism)

[–] frazorth@feddit.uk 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

queue criticism

It's cue.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cue

a signal (such as a word, phrase, or bit of stage business) to a performer to begin a specific speech or action

That last line is your cue to exit the stage.

I assume you were requesting a critique on your comment.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's funny that without actually spotting the mistake I just read it as the op expecting multiple criticisms to and basically telling people bringing them to get in line.

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago

I think they may be British, and want those who wish to criticize to for a queue

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[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

If it's something I really want and using crypt(dot)cc or whatever it is with the captcha like puzzles with the alien like creatures, I disable and make sure to re-enable when done. Otherwise I go away.

For other sites, if I cannot element destroy it and see the content, I'm outta there as fast as a deadbeat who just found out his girlfriend is pregnant.

[–] loaf@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

Usually, I’m on mobile, so either reader mode or Hide Distracting Items.

The rest of the time, I just find another source.

[–] frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe 5 points 1 month ago

I hit the X

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 5 points 1 month ago

Well, if it's not something I really want to see, I just close it. If I do want to see it, then:

  • if I'm on my laptop, I open dev tools and remove the element blocking other interaction
  • if I'm on my phone or the above doesn't work on laptop, I open an anonymous window, disable adblock, read/watch/whatever the content, enable adblock, close anonymous window

I do and same for other kinds of annoyances, like the recent trend of "pay us or give us consent to mine your data".

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I guess rethinking the browser metaphor could help.

Like who tells you that ads couldnt just be displayed on an invisible popup window? Or a second screen?

Those sites generally detect if you dont load certain content. So I guess cosmetic filtering (downloading but not displaying) could already help

[–] Stretch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago

I like this idea. It reminds me (a little) of adnauseam.

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[–] Alice@beehaw.org 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Big sites have caught onto this unfortunately, but sometimes switching to reader mode is a quick bypass. Putting the link in archive.is usually works, that's what I do if it's urgent local news (eg when my state is flooded or frozen or perhaps on fire)

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

https://12ft.io/ is faster than archive.is and doesn't actually archive the page. In cases where you just want to read it and don't want to waste server space on it, it's maybe a better option.

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[–] trustnoone@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 month ago

I like to open them in either its own browser or a virtual machines browser. One that wipes it's cache/tracking/etc each time you exit. Its not great but at least it sandboxes it a bit in an area not connected to any of my other data

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