Technology

It's a good thing Vivaldi's ad-and-tracker-blocker is still there (although you can install Chrome extensions in Vivaldi though)

If you ever use the web without an adblocker you see why people have such a hard time with it and why apps took over. It’s almost entirely unusable except for some of the data farming social media sites (which also try to funnel you to their apps).

I am honestly sad and sick of the sheer volume of ads, well, everywhere and in everything. Internet, tv, even in the real world you are bombarded by ads from every angle. Every time any free app or service gains traction, boom, there are ads now.

It is absolutely unavoidable, even when using adblock and similar services, and what is even worse is that this doesn't even feel like marketing now, but just a coercion tactic to force you to subscribe to "premium", because the ads do not really often feel like trying to sell you something but just annoy the hell out of you.

I am just so tired of it...

If you dont have an adblocker.. you're guaranteed to get that fake "Virus found" notification from a website that has bad ads.

I have:

-Brave as my browser

-Ublock Origin

-DNS-wide AdBlock

-Youtube sponser block

I barely see any ads now, except those that pop up as an overlay and nag you, and some of them can be block manaully.

Didn't even notice them trying. Pathetic.