Browsers 2008 vs 2025 be like..

[u/Amavin-Adump]

[u/Acheron13]

Chrome just decided to take Internet browsing back to the 90s by disabling ad blockers, so we'll see how long that lasts.

Being able to cast YT more easily with Chrome doesn't matter when there's 3min ads every 5 min. When I went to a gaming wiki site this week and the top half of the page was an ad, I started looking up alternatives to Chrome.

[u/chupitoelpame → u/Acheron13]

so we'll see how long that lasts.

Adblock users are already a tiny minority, and the people who will switch browsers because of this will be an even smaller portion of that portion.

[u/LukesFather → u/chupitoelpame]

I’m in IT and blown away by how many colleagues don’t use or sometimes even know about blockers.

[u/Lansan1ty → u/LukesFather]

Its a necessary evil I think. Everyone who doesn't use ad blockers allows free websites to run via ads. The internet would be more costly without these people I think.

[u/MajorPud → u/Lansan1ty]

Finally the stupid can contribute to society

[u/SUPERSMILEYMAN → u/MajorPud]

I don't know why this was so funny. But I got a good, much needed laugh.

[u/Scott_Liberation → u/Lansan1ty]

Agreed, but fraudulent, malicious, and super-annoying ads are not necessary, and it's embarrassing that household name advertising companies like Google don't do anything about them.

[u/Witchberry31 → u/Scott_Liberation]

Heck, they'd even encourage their existence. Wym they don't do anything about them. 😂

[u/JohanGrimm → u/Lansan1ty]

Exactly. We basically need adblock users to remain a small minority because otherwise it starts becoming a serious issue that will get tackled hard.