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Re:Adblocking people and non-adblocking people experience a ... by onion2k on Monday January 31, 2022 @12:42PM (#30151075)
The funny part is I remember a time when even on HN the majority defended ads for a myriad of reasons..

There's quite a lot of HN readers who work for businesses that derive most of their revenue from ads (Google, Facebook, content companies, etc) so there's always going to be people here who are willing to stand up for ads. The famous Upton Sinclair quote is quite appropriate - "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it."

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Re:Adblocking people and non-adblocking people experience a ... by bambax on Monday January 31, 2022 @01:11PM (#30151635)
Sure, but they must still exist -- yet we don't seem to hear them anymore.
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Re:Adblocking people and non-adblocking people experience a ... by ratww on Monday January 31, 2022 @03:13PM (#30153597)
You still see from time to time, but such posts often get downvoted.
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Re:Adblocking people and non-adblocking people experience a ... by exhilaration on Monday January 31, 2022 @02:14PM (#30152695)
I would bet that most Google and Facebook employees use adblockers.
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Re:Adblocking people and non-adblocking people experience a ... by disgruntledphd2 on Monday January 31, 2022 @02:35PM (#30153066)
When I worked at one of the above, it was part of the process for reporting an ads bug. First, disable your adblocker.
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Re:Adblocking people and non-adblocking people experience a ... by lubesGordi on Monday January 31, 2022 @02:16PM (#30152724)
Allusions, Michael.
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