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Majority of Americans now use ad blockers (www.theregister.com)
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[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 24 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Theres people who dont use ad blocker? Do they also not use the internet?

[–] kusivittula@sopuli.xyz 38 points 9 months ago

none of my classmates or teachers use adblockers. i didn't expect this in a university. most don't even know what i'm talking about when i recomment ublock...

[–] tfowinder@lemmy.ml 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Had a front end dev who didn't use adblocker.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Sometimes I temporarily disable mine to make sure it's not silently breaking any of my layout or anything, but not using one at all? That's bonkers.

[–] jack@monero.town 4 points 9 months ago

I suspect 98% of Apple users don't block ads