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        It does feel strange though that Americans’ distaste for taxes is greater than their value for human life. But I guess since our country was founded on “no taxation without representation,” that maybe we’ll find a similar way out.

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      I opened it without adblocker:

      • 1 “ad” for AP News up top

      • 1 ad in the middle of the article

      • 1 corner video (of an AP News story)

      • 1 dismissible popup about subscribing

      • ad space below the article

      Not “the best” but also not “full of scams and ads”

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        Bocky probably has some questionable extensions in their web browser feeding more ads.

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        I didnt even consider the possibility that they werent using an adblocker. How does one live without it?

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          Lemmy Connect uses chrome for “previews” (Open External to view in Firefox) so I did the former to see what he was talking about.

          No ads when I use Firefox, of course

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      this is by far one of the most credible news organizations in the world. and one of the least ad infested old media sites.

      calm down.

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      It is on the internet. The internet is full of scams and ads. That being said, APNews is a legitimate site.

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      Rawdogging the Internet is bad for your health. Get a blocker. Make a Pihole DNS server. Etc.

      These days, assume every website is loaded with trackers and scam ads, even legit ones, because they are.

    • Whiskey_iicarus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      How does someone who has made it all the way to Lemmy to post a comment not have an ad blocker these days? If you have the motivation to post, why not use that to look up how to block ads?