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Old 03-31-2016, 05:01 AM   #1
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LXer: Why are so many people using ad blockers?


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Also in today's open source roundup: Is Apple's iPhone SE stealing users from Android? And Xiaomi's 4.3-inch Mi 5 Mini could be an iPhone SE killer.

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Old 03-31-2016, 09:00 AM   #2
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If you even have to ask this question, you need to go to WalMart and buy a clue.
 
Old 03-31-2016, 10:18 AM   #3
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If you even have to ask this question, you need to go to WalMart and buy a clue.
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO agreed. Go to a website, view the 30 ads causing the page to take 2 minutes to load. Start adblocker, clear cache & cookies. Go to same website, see it load in 10 seconds. Wonder no more.
 
Old 03-31-2016, 07:15 PM   #4
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The ads loading are painful even if they're not malvertisments. But it's so easy to spread malware with ads, and I'm sure no site admin anywhere checks every ad thoroughly. Ads are dangerous things now, and must be controlled, one way or another.
 
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That website took over 5 seconds to load even with an ad blocker active.
 
  


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