If there was a way to run SUPER MEGA AD BLOCKER on this website I fucking would
“Please oh please open up your computer to a porn virus! If you don’t you’re evil!”
Freeloader Comin’ through!
We didn’t start this war internet users have with ads - We might have moaned about banner ads, but it was only when they started making noises when we might be listening to music or a podcast or whatever, causing two sound sorces at once, that we started trying to block ads universally rather than just a specific type of ad (pop ups).
And since then ads have gotten worse - Actual malware rather than merely breaking one of the fundamental sins of web design - though shalt not autoplay anything with sound. And the more aggressive a website is with ‘please turn off adblock’ the less I trust it to bother to vet ads and advertisers to make sure they’re not installing malware.
Not to mention that the idea that avoiding ads is “freeloading” is hilariously backward. Advertisement is a transaction between the platform and the advertiser, the user has no obligation to provide the views/clicks the platform has promised. Using an adblocker isn’t freeloading in the same way that leaving the room to get a snack during a commercial break isn’t cheating the tv network.
Ok y’all, I work as a web developer and I’m here to tell you that you are 100% right and that it’s shit. SO I’m going to tell you how to get around websites that block you from using their website if you’re using an adblocker.
Every website uses a language called JavaScript; long story short it’s a website language that allows developers to do the crazy shit you see on websites. Now the easiest thing to do is to disable JavaScript to stop them from knowing you have an adblocker:
Oh no! I’m blocked from viewing the website. It would be a terrible shame if I were able to right click and select the “inspect” feature
Click the three dots in the top right and open the “Settings” Menu
And then scrolled down to “Debugger” and checked the “Disable Javascript Option”
And then just refreshed the page
Reblogging to save my life
saving a life
Freeloading for ever
Reblogging this to find it later and also for everyone who comes across my blog. Because - and I cannot stress this enough - fuck the ads.
I got vaxxed today. Joked on my facebook (yeah, I have a facebook, I’m over thirty years old) how I’m feeling a bit itchy. Tasty and absolutely no one picked that one up!
How is classic Resident Evil stuff suddenly obscure? How. And why. It feels lonely out there, I tell ya.
Like, sicker than before. Thanks to a downward spiral of chronic pain and pain-fueled mental meltdown, I ended up in two different ER’s within the space of one week this month.
It’s finally starting to get better tho. I got help and some antidepressants and a Plan.
Please know that I did not abandon our lovely, koi fish sized pond of a fandom. I’m just not in a place where I’m able to write anything right now.
Wish me luck. I could use all the luck in the world.
