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Re:Mozilla’s newest app perfectly captures the ethical dilem... by berberous on Tuesday December 08, 2015 @12:12PM (#10697728)
You know, I cut the cord years ago and felt the same way, but increasingly, every video on the internet has forced pre-roll ads I can't escape from (especially when watching YouTube on iOS), and it feels WAY worse than TV ads ever did. There is no free lunch...
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Re:Mozilla’s newest app perfectly captures the ethical dilem... by icebraining on Tuesday December 08, 2015 @12:25PM (#10697837)
If you used Android, you could run Firefox with uBlock Origin, which blocks those ads.
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