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engadget.com/ai/duckduckgo-now

Yes. Please.

EDIT: Nothing in the DDG UI *site-search* seems to indicate it's also available there. It would be a massive boon, though. In the meantime, the same list can be used in uBlockOrigin (and other adblockers, I guess), to also clean up those results github.com/laylavish/uBlockOri

#aiSlop #duckduckgo#adBlocker #uBlockOrigin

Engadget · DuckDuckGo now allows you to filter out AI images in search resultsBy Igor Bonifacic

I fully understand I have an #adblocker on and no I will not consider turning it off unless you remove all tracking from your ads and sites. Oh yeah make the ads unobtrusive. I would be willing to pay for a reasonable pay per article system with no ads.

In a shocking twist of fate 🙄, Google—a company that thrives on ads—has decided to #nerf adblockers with #MV3. 🎉 Because who could have guessed that the world's largest ad broker would want you to see more ads? Bravo, dear Derin, for uncovering this #conspiracy that even a goldfish could see coming. 🐟🔍
0x44.xyz/blog/web-request-bloc #Google #Adblocker #Ads #TechNews #HackerNews #ngated

0x44.xyzHow I found a bypass in Google's big anti-adblock updateOr, why you shouldn't write parts of your browser in JavaScript

Pro-tip: If you don't run your own #DNS #adblocker like #PiHole, and/or you haven't exposed it to the internet to be accessible on your phone when not on your local network: #AdGuard operates a free public #adblocking DNS server which seems to work really well. adguard-dns.io/en/public-dns.h

Servers: 94.140.14.14 and 94.140.14.15

Use those and any shitty "free" apps eg InShot that pull ads when you try to do something.. won't. No more eternally staring at a king dodging rocks or lava.. 😄

Connect to public AdGuard DNS serverAdGuard DNS — ad-blocking DNS serverCreate your ad-blocking DNS server that will protect your personal data, prevent tracking and allow you to control access to specific content on the Internet.
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"#Mozilla has missed so many boats that it's not even funny to #catalog them, but sadly, I must."
"Most of the #web runs on #advertising, as it has for 20-plus years. You might think Mozilla would, say, buy and integrate an #adblocker. Acquiring #adblocking #companies has been a thing for a #decade. Other #browsers integrate ad-blocking, and you don't even need something controversial like #Brave – for instance, #VivaldiBrowser has offered it for years. Many of the #team behind #Vivaldi previously made #Opera, and it #blocked #ads too. (Soon afterwards, the company sold it to a #Chinese group.)
But no. Instead, Mozilla goes and buys an #ad firm and then removes its promise not to #sell your #data. Once again, it's as if the #leadership were actively trying to work out the worst direction to turn."
"The #AI trend is a cult now for many.
Whither Mozilla? Oh, it built a #bot into its docs #server in 2023, then promptly had to turn it off again. Its #chief product #officer was quite gung-ho about AI in early 2024. He left the company soon afterwards.

In 2024, Mozilla made more layoffs and announced it would invest in open source #AI. This year, Mozilla finally integrated a #vertical #tab bar into #Firefox and, you guessed it, built an AI #chatbot into it. You can, at least, turn it off."

Ich guck nicht viel #YouTube am Rechner, aber habe - dank eines Videoplugins, das "auch" Werbung blockiert - in den letzten paar Tagen die Youtube-#Adblocker-Eskalation erlebt:

1. (Letzte Woche noch) Video lädt deutlich länger (weil Adblocker entdeckt wurde), aber ohne Hinweis.
2. (Letzten Freitag) Video bekommt ein Pop-Up, dass das Abspielen wegen des Adblockers verzögert wurde.
3. (Gerade eben) Info-Pop-Up: "Wegen des Adblockers wird die Videowiedergabe nach 3 Videos für Sie abgestellt."