It gets my goat that people think it’s a good option. There are plenty of articles explaining some of the many issues with it, but a few are:

  1. It’s run by anti-LGBTQ+ crypto bros.
  2. It has ads right out of the box.
  3. It collected donations towards people who never signed up for them - then held them to ransom in exchange for the kind of information you should never share on the Internet.
  4. They’re a for-profit advertising company. “Privacy-centric” my elbow.
    • lightnsfw@reddthat.comEnglish
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      8 days ago

      I have automatic updates on. I still have to restart the browser to implement them which is a pain when I have like 50 tabs open. That’s why I use a separate browser for YouTube because it’s the only site I use that requires adblock updates so frequently.