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Thread ID: 150916	2022-10-01 21:21:00	I've Posted About This Before, Here Is a Clearer Version	zqwerty (97)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
1488674	2022-10-01 21:21:00	arstechnica.com Make sure to read the comments.	zqwerty (97)
1488675	2022-10-01 22:04:00	I am not surprised they are doing this, but I also don't care, I never used Chrome anyway. I don't understand why anyone did, except for the fact they bundled it with all other Google programs and tricked people into using it. Firefox was always better and still is, evidently. Ads can f**k off.	Agent_24 (57)
1488676	2022-10-01 22:42:00	Wow, imagine if browsers became universally effective at blocking ads. Imagine where all that corporate BS advertising would have to go to... TV and print media... that newspaper you're not getting, and flyers stuffed into your mailbox. I've been a loyal Firefox user since the early days. I don't see ads at all (or have become blind to them), and had assumed it was sweet like that for everybody. The only extension installed is the Malwarebytes Browser Guard. FFox also recently introduced another tweak to stop cross site tracking, kind of like a sandbox for each domain name... they can set their cookies, but can't let them persist to cross talk from site to site.	Paul.Cov (425)
1488677	2022-10-02 00:31:00	I experience very little advertising in my life these days and am grateful for it. I block 99.9% of ads online through various methods. I do not watch broadcast TV or listen to radio typically (because the ads are infuriating). Newspaper is out (why bother?) and a "no junk mail" sign on the letterbox works surprisingly well.	Agent_24 (57)
1488678	2022-10-02 02:10:00	I hate ads, if Chrome stops dealing with them properly I'll stop using it, or find some other way to block them. Rant follows :) Originally I didn't see the point of installing browsers when windows had one built in and I just used IE, Then IE got left behind and adds got out of control and I started using FF so I could use adblockers. Then I rented a movie from the google play store and despite supposedly being compatible with any browser it absolutely would not play on FF, IE, or Edge, and that's when I switched to Chrome because it just worked. Never been particularly impressed with how google got me to use chrome, but it's worked just fine and now I'm used to it. Some websites are so bad I would not visit them if it wasn't for adblockers. I get that people running sites need money to operate, but it's really out of control. I also don't get why advertisers let websites use the tactics they do and still pay them. Those awful clickbait articles that spoon-feed you a single paragraph story over 20 pages or so really piss me off. I refuse to read them and get mad at myself for clinking the link in the first place if I happen to get sucked in. And those adds that take up a huge portion of the screen floating on top of what you're trying to read. Who sees an ad like that and thinks, "wow I must buy that". Quite the opposite happens surely. A few banner adds or some panels down the side etc are fine, a necessary evil I can live with - even if I just ignore them 90% of the time. You oversaturate me with ads and I'll stop noticing any of them. It's also really creepy when your browser starts putting up adds for something you were just talking about, happens just a bit too often.	dugimodo (138)
1488679	2022-10-02 02:27:00	I rented a movie from the google play store and despite supposedly being compatible with any browser it absolutely would not play on FF, IE, or Edge, and that's when I switched to Chrome because it just worked. Scummy tactics. I bet if you had faked the user-agent in Firefox as Chrome, it would have played the video just fine.	Agent_24 (57)
1488680	2022-10-02 05:35:00	Been on firefox here for years on Windows, Linux and my Android phone. Have Ublock origin installed on all as well and what ads?	gary67 (56)
1488681	2022-10-02 20:20:00	I prefer FF. I have Chrome as a backup, if something hasn't displayed right is all. Chrome whines at me: Reinstall, because I blocked it's updating. Nah, fine with me, Chrome can stay like it is....	piroska (17583)
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