You should stop using Google Chrome. The company is following through on its threat to ban the ad/tracker blockers that a) help protect your privacy and b) make your web experience much more pleasant.

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/1

@dangillmor I see blocking ads as unethical. Content and service creators invest time and resources assuming posted ads will bring a return. Unless you are using a browsing system such as Brave to provide an alternate method of compensation it matters little which browser you use to respect their work. Avoiding sites with ads is more appropriate.

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@grabe @dangillmor The most ethical approach, I think, is to block trackers and malware rather than ads. This nudges the ad industry in a better direction.

In uBlock Origin, you can easily do this by disabling "uBlock filters – Ads", as well as all filters under "Ads" and "Multipurpose", but enabling everything under "Privacy" and "Malware protection, security".

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