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Re:Brave files adtech complaint against Google by kevin_thibedeau on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @03:41PM (#17972407)
I install ad blockers because I don't want to get auto redirected to a porn site which some unscrupulous ad vendors make possible. I tried going blocker free at work for 6 months. uBO got installed the day I was sent to a porn site by malicious JavaScript after clicking on an innocuous link.

Google won't address the JavaScript problem with their ad network so I cut them off.

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Re:Brave files adtech complaint against Google by guiomie on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @07:12PM (#17974371)
Sample bias here. But this hasn't happened to me since the early 2000's. I do not have any ad blocker, no ad bothers me, unless its an adult site, they've gone really crazy there.
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Re:Brave files adtech complaint against Google by icelancer on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @09:04PM (#17975050)
I got forcibly redirected on a baseball statistics site multiple times while not using Adblock (my mobile phone which didn't have it). It happens all the time.
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Re:Brave files adtech complaint against Google by rjzzleep on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @07:39PM (#17974578)
Then I guess you are a lucky person. Read up on one of the many ad based exploit toolkits[1].

It took a crypto malware to convince a company I was working with to install uBlock. No more ads, no more flash, no more ransomware.

[1] https://heimdalsecurity.com/blog/ultimate-guide-angler-explo...

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Re:Brave files adtech complaint against Google by spydum on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @09:14PM (#17975096)
Just stating: I do think they attempt to address this, they have a great malvertising team, but the problem is huge. If the attack is broad enough it absolutely gets addressed... it’s just such a logistical challenge, and malvertisers are exceedingly clever about their wares
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Re:Brave files adtech complaint against Google by faag36 on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @03:59PM (#17972606)
The Internet for people who don't know about ad blockers must be a horrible place, it's no wonder everybody started using apps for everything.
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Re:Brave files adtech complaint against Google by dest on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @04:22PM (#17972831)
Aren't apps also crippled by ads?
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Re:Brave files adtech complaint against Google by bduerst on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @04:28PM (#17972929)
Yes. Apps are a step backwards because they are in a much less user-controlled space. App adoption is more correlated with mobile platform adoption as opposed to demand for ad blocking.
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Re:Brave files adtech complaint against Google by etse on Thursday September 13, 2018 @01:17PM (#17980411)
Not nearly as much as mobile web.
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Re:Brave files adtech complaint against Google by faag36 on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @05:02PM (#17973291)
Some have ads, but they are definitely not crippled by ads and malware.
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Re:Brave files adtech complaint against Google by baud147258 on Thursday September 13, 2018 @05:47AM (#17977275)
Not that horrible. I don't use an adblock at work, even if what I'm browsing is limited to the register and HN with the linked pages and it's usable.
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