Doug

Sounds like a pretty weak constitution if you can't stomach looking at something so mundane. I hope you don't drive.

And great job ignoring the other part.

We're obviously not on the same page here.

I object to blocking "all ads".

You responded to that by stating you lost trust for, presumably, everyone after a specific incident.

To extend that it seems implausible that you could trust anyone, about anything, ever. If one instance of a thing can break your trust for everything like it, what other possibility could exist.

On the other hand, if you're blocking malicious ads, which is to say not every ad across the whole of the Internet, that's a very different thing which I do not object to.

Are we more clear now?

So you got screwed once and that's it for everyone ever? How do you not live in a hut in the mountains?

If you're blocking them all how do you know how obtrusive or obnoxious they are?

Secondarily, why do you think that is? Have they gotten more or less instant since ad blockers have been an option?

I'm not at all against ad blockers. I've got a Pi-hole myself. I just think blocking every ad ever is doing a lot more for the problem than it is to help

If you have so little attention to spare that an ad along side or even within content is too far for you how did you find the time to comment?

Good on you for looking for free options. On the other hand that furthers the question about how much attention would really cost you...

it blocks all ads

Am I the only one that has a problem with this? Unless you're paying for use of a site then aren't you basically being entitled to someone else's labor?

Someone made the site, created the content, and hosted it for consumption. Until money isn't necessary for survival it seems reasonable to make sure they're compensated for it.

So I just tested this. I'm not at home so I had to VPN in which is no issue.

• I opened graph.facebook.com and confirmed it was working
• I opened and logged in to my Ally app
• I added graph.facebook.com to my pi-hole's black list as a regex entry
• I opened graph.facebook.com in the browser and confirmed it was blocked
• I force closed and cleared the cache on my Ally app
• I opened and logged in to my Ally app

It's not the Meta connection that's giving you trouble.

I'd wager prevalence is part of their problem. Jokes get tired after a while, but that doesn't always mean they stop.

PHP, like any language, has its problems, but it seems to get poked at a lot more often. But making the same joke over and over has been a problem long before reddit was a thing.

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