After many hours of getting po'd at ads, I finally downloaded ad blocker.
It was amazing...I no longer had to wait while Rumple loaded ads. I can link to websites and can actually read the article without popups. It has been a time of beauty.
I no longer had to watch ad after ad after ad populate my news articles.
And then, a few websites refused my access unless I disabled my adblocker.
I realize many of these websites think they need to place their ads because they are being paid to do so. But I have my own thoughts...and just for $hits and Giggles how many of you actually click on any link popping up on the website? In the past 20 years I can count on one hand how many times I clicked on a link and in doing so, did NOT buy what they were pushing.
So what I do is highlight the title of the article and do a search - and what do you know? There are many websites that will post the article without demanding I shut down my ad blocker.
Just saying, folks.....just sharing.
Been using adblockers since they came out as extensions for Firefox. Don't know, 15-20 years ago?
I cringe whenever I'm forced to use a browser without adblocking. I tried a local tabloid once without adblocking and was amazed how little of the browser window was the actual content. The loading of the page was amazingly slow and the CPU load was off the charts, which could be heard by the CPU fan revving up to max speed.
Those people that harp about "muh climate" should be the first to demand internet adds removed.