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Re:Facebook disabling messaging in its mobile web app to pus... by kobayashi on Saturday June 04, 2016 @01:56PM (#11837210)
I'm interested as to why someone like yourself, a likely tech-savvy HN user, the kind of person who notices how their chats effect ad serving, does not block ads on facebook. Care to share?
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Re:Facebook disabling messaging in its mobile web app to pus... by pikachu_is_cool on Saturday June 04, 2016 @03:02PM (#11837514)
The ads are also embedded in the News Feed itself, in the form of "friend X likes Y page" and the like. I'd imagine it would require an ad blocker specifically designed for Facebook to block it. Same goes for the sidebar.

I don't use Facebook enough to care; uBlock Origin suits my needs just fine.

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Re:Facebook disabling messaging in its mobile web app to pus... by kobayashi on Sunday June 05, 2016 @01:39AM (#11839782)
The embedded ads in the News Feed can also be blocked by a extension like uBlock Origin. The additional filter is found from ABP, if I recall.
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Re:Facebook disabling messaging in its mobile web app to pus... by pikachu_is_cool on Sunday June 05, 2016 @03:00AM (#11839960)
Good to know, thanks.
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Re:Facebook disabling messaging in its mobile web app to pus... by gcr on Sunday June 05, 2016 @12:21AM (#11839607)
Adblocking wouldn't address any of the four points that pikachu_is_cool raised.

For point 3, Facebook could still be analyzing the contents of messages.

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Re:Facebook disabling messaging in its mobile web app to pus... by kobayashi on Sunday June 05, 2016 @01:40AM (#11839784)
Yah, I agree. But I'm still surprised that a adblocker/tracker blocker isn't used by that kind of individual.
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Re:Facebook disabling messaging in its mobile web app to pus... by pikachu_is_cool on Tuesday June 07, 2016 @03:20AM (#11852944)
An adblocker just treats the symptoms. I'd rather just not have the disease :)
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