Facebook to staff: Avoid company-branded clothing for own safety

Re:Facebook to staff: Avoid company-branded clothing for own... by aspyct on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @08:48AM (#25746792)

I know I'm not supposed to complain about lousy web design. I've been told in the past. I know.

But still.

I don't have an ad blocker. I'm using a run-of-the-mill browser here. Won't tell which one, you would probably laugh.

And the website is blocking me on grounds of having an ad blocker. And there's no way around it. I can click "learn more", only to be redirected to another page which is equally blocked by this "we need your money" shit.

Look, I understand you need money to survive. But at least give us a way to contact you, or something?

EDIT: Well, I have a PiHole which I forgot about, actually. So they're probably right on the ad blocker. lol

EDIT2: Oh no, that's hilarious. It actually happens because I've rejected permissions on their cookie popup.

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Re:Facebook to staff: Avoid company-branded clothing for own... by IceWreck on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @08:51AM (#25746818)

Internet Explorer ? Midori ? Epiphany ? Konqueror ?

BTW I am using an adblocker (uBlock Origin) and it is not blocking me, prolly because it also blocks its anti-adblock script.

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Re:Facebook to staff: Avoid company-branded clothing for own... by aspyct on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @08:59AM (#25746939)

> because it also blocks its anti-adblock script.

Ahahah that's good!

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Re:Facebook to staff: Avoid company-branded clothing for own... by Const-me on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @08:55AM (#25746886)

Could be the network. Long ago I’ve worked in companies where ads were blocked in the centralized manner, a blacklist by DNS or IP in the main router.

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Re:Facebook to staff: Avoid company-branded clothing for own... by astura on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @09:00AM (#25746954)

Some sites (annoyingly) complain if you're in "private mode" on your browser.

Here's a link that should work for you : https://archive.is/jq8cX

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Re:Facebook to staff: Avoid company-branded clothing for own... by sharatvir on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @09:12PM (#25757104)

Private mode should not be detectable at all. It serves no purpose to the user if sites can detect and block its usage.

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Re:Facebook to staff: Avoid company-branded clothing for own... by procinct on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @07:07PM (#25755957)

While trying to read the article, a graphic video of a lady having earwax extracted started autoplaying. I don't think I've ever been so put off from an article so quickly.

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Re:Facebook to staff: Avoid company-branded clothing for own... by hellojason on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @08:53AM (#25746862)

That’s odd. I’m using an ad blocker and a PiHole, and the site loads fine for me. Ad block detection is hard, I guess.

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Re:Facebook to staff: Avoid company-branded clothing for own... by aspyct on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @08:58AM (#25746926)

PiHole and strict privacy settings on the browser. I'm guessing the settings are a little too strict for them. I'd be ok with (some kinds of) ads, but I guess that always comes with privacy issues.

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