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Demand ad companies take security seriously first and maybe we'll talk. (tesseract.dubvee.org)

submitted 2 years ago by ptz@dubvee.org to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] interrobang@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago

I've been halfheartedly saying I'm going to start a religion based on ads being bad for one's soul. It makes more sense every day.

[–] Cypher@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Not just for security, selling snake oil is also grounds for ad blocking.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No way they can be the same.

The adblock stops malware, makes my browser perform better, and stops things from disrupting me. The most common result of anti-virus the complete opposite of each of those 3.

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

I cannot express how much I loathe antivirus software. Mostly it's been because it has been nothing but trouble in my work environment, without ever catching anything, for over twenty years. It's the modern corporate snake oil.