• HeerlijkeDrop@thebrainbin.org
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    3 days ago

    I don’t get any ads (Fennec + uBlock), but half into the article, a newsletter pop up showed up and the website scrolled back to the top. I closed the website immediately

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      2 days ago

      The irony is that if we didn’t have the tracking scripts blocked then they might actually receive the metrics about how we close their website as soon as the newsletter popup occurs, leading them to fix or remove it. Probably not though.

      • BossDj@lemm.ee
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        2 days ago

        I don’t think Lemmy users are representative of their target demographic. The vast majority of people seem to just put up with ads