umbrella

sometimes the 'content' itself is an ad nowadays

why?

pretty much. people think these things are promoted for no reason, or for votes alone when in truth its a powerful distraction and division tool.

i tought the gyroscope theory had already been debunked?

never beileve billionaires when they act like they need more money

it helps that linux can now run almost everything else now instead of almost nothing. the main thing is we have options now.

thank you based valve & community btw

do you think i want to use facebook or linkedin or the likes?

i use them with an adblocker. best balance to me.

kde has some impressive windows themes that are REALLY convincing

exactly why i dont mind blocking ads.

not a business model i wouldnt mind not supporting and companies i wouldnt mind not depending on.

and it is used for nefarious political purposes that are undemocratic at best.

ublock origin has a few lists named "annoyances" or something that arent enabled by default.

enabling them gets rid of almost all of the popups and i cant live without it anymore.

this includes cookie nags and all the miscellaneous stuff they throw at you.

we pay with our data already

the internet is insufferable without it, and many people (including some IT people) seem to not even mind it. it blows my mind.