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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 09 2020, @12:11AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 09 2020, @12:11AM (#955837)

    87 votes for uBlock Origin from Boomers who surf the information superhighway from their one rig with three monitors in the den of their giant mansion.

    Me, I work for a living. On a daily basis I use more than ten different devices at my workstation: desktops, laptops, mobiles, and embedded systems. All have web browsers, and I do not have the luxury of installing ad blocking crap on every device that crosses my desk.

    So, Boomers, I voted for "ignore them" because here in the real world, your obsession with ad blocking is a waste of my time and money.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 09 2020, @03:46AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 09 2020, @03:46AM (#955890)

    That's neat. I also work for a living "in the real world" and uBlock Origin is installed on all the machines by IT. They also do filtering at the parameter using DNS and other tricks. With malvertising, APTs, and other dangers out there, the defense in depth is a must.

    • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 09 2020, @05:31AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 09 2020, @05:31AM (#955916)

      In other words, IT blocks ads for you, and you're a lazy asshole who collects a paycheck for warming a chair.

      Schedule any meetings lately? Parasite.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 09 2020, @09:30AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 09 2020, @09:30AM (#955974)

        Not that I can think of. Scheduling meetings isn't something I do often. In that sense, it is in the same category as exposing my entire office's network while browsing the web to code and exploits by unknown third parties actively trying to pwn it or phish credentials.