• ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      I’ve been meaning to look into adblockers but I really only use these sites for shit that’s not on streaming services so I don’t really think about it until it arises

      • trackcharlie@lemmynsfw.com
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        10 months ago

        Firefox + ublock origin would be your best scenario for privacy and security. Privacy because all these ads track your page loads and attempt to generate a unique id for your browser based on your loading time of certain pixels, and security because nearly half of all ads (and more than half of all links on google search and nearly all ads on google search) are viral loads just waiting for an accidental click.

          • filcuk@lemmy.zip
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            10 months ago

            Look into dns ad blocker, you can avoid a lot of ads on your entire network with this "one simple trick ". No additional hw or sw needed.

      • The Octonaut@mander.xyz
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        10 months ago

        It’s 2024 man, tormenting a movie takes about 10 minutes and then you neither have to worry about ads nor connectivity for the rest of the movie

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          10 months ago

          I’m gonna be honest, I’ve tried torrenting before and maybe I’m just an idiot (most likely), but I’ve never been good at figuring out which fuckin button is the actual download button and I’m tired of ghosting my pc

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            10 months ago

            If you set up qbittorrent with the built-in search you can torrent stuff without ever opening your browser