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Re:Use of Ad-Blocking Software Rises by 30% Worldwide by fauigerzigerk on Friday February 03, 2017 @06:07PM (#13564154)
I find Firefox's Reader View to be an acceptable compromise.

The site gets a chance to impress me with its "engaging marketing experiences" but when I want to read a longer piece I switch to Reader View and all the CPU hogging madness stops.

Obviously, that doesn't protect me against malware, but I have never suffered a successful malware attack so far in spite of using the web basically 16 hours a day.

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Re:Use of Ad-Blocking Software Rises by 30% Worldwide by bitJericho on Saturday February 04, 2017 @10:21AM (#13567215)
so you're saying you're ok with feeding your brain ads 16 hours a day?
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Re:Use of Ad-Blocking Software Rises by 30% Worldwide by fauigerzigerk on Sunday February 05, 2017 @05:14AM (#13571709)
Like most things in life it's a compromise. I'm not happy with it but considering alternatives such as actually proving my identity via payment and losing all anonymity with absolute certainty, I can accept it for the time being. Grudgingly.
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