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Re:Internet's Biggest Annoyance: Cookie Laws Should Target B... by speleding on Friday October 24, 2025 @02:15AM (#45691400)
The popup never lets you choose to see fewer ads. It's a common misconception by lay people that you will see fewer ads if you block cookies, but that's not happening of course. So you may as well get relevant ones.
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Re:Internet's Biggest Annoyance: Cookie Laws Should Target B... by matheusmoreira on Friday October 24, 2025 @07:28AM (#45693488)
> It's a common misconception by lay people that you will see fewer ads if you block cookies, but that's not happening of course.

It absolutely will happen if you install uBlock Origin.

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