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uBlock Origin Is Giving Up the Fight to Keep Ads Off Facebook (digitalescapetools.com)
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[–] Tarambor@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Seems like me finally closing my Facebook account this week was timed well.

[–] morto@piefed.social 4 points 3 days ago

Congrats for doing so. We all know how difficult it can be to move away from social spaces

[–] tgcoldrockn@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Supporting Facebook up until this week is far from being timed well.

[–] Sidhean@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago

Not planting a tree up until today is also far from well-timed. It is, as they say, the second-best time to plant one.