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Re:There's a new "Google Jail" for independent wikis by kotaKat on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @04:41AM (#49607433)
> But a recent update has caused them to block users with ad blockers.

I'm noticing that Ad-Shield is becoming a continual fight these days with pageloads that complete then they fly in with a "ha ha here's a fake error report turn off your adblocker aye?".

Every time their live support chat is open (why would the anti-adblock firm even offer one), I send them Goatse.

Re:There's a new "Google Jail" for independent wikis by dspillett on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @05:56AM (#49608090)
> Every time their live support chat is open […], I send them Goatse.

Unfortunately there is little chance that a human is anywhere near the other end of that chat these days, so your evil is somewhat wasted.

> (why would the anti-adblock firm even offer one)

They want to appear to care. And appear to be a company of real people, who you might like if you met in real life, who will be out of pocket if you don't look at their ads.

Re:There's a new "Google Jail" for independent wikis by IanCal on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @06:56AM (#49608581)
If there is a person on the other end it’s not someone who has any link to the company, they’ll be an outsourced service, so all you’d be doing is sending graphic porn to a poorly paid worker.

It’s like screaming at a cashier because the supermarket head office made annoying changes to the company.

Re:There's a new "Google Jail" for independent wikis by mitxela on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @10:57AM (#49611270)
The cashier still gets paid mind you, if he can put up with it it's the company who is inconvenienced by the slower queue.
Re:There's a new "Google Jail" for independent wikis by dspillett on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @01:04PM (#49613123)
I know a fair few people who work in shops, hospitality, and similar. Being a dick to your server is still being a dick to your server, even if you dress it up as doing it to get at their employer.

Occasionally your server deserves a bit of dickish behaviour because of their attitude, but this is relatively rather rare in my experience.

Re:There's a new "Google Jail" for independent wikis by IanCal on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @05:07AM (#49623510)
The company has an almost immeasurably small impact on their profits, and will never be measured anyway.

The cashier is a real human doing a job to put food on the table and has done nothing to deserve it, and may well have been far more hurt by the head office than you.