this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2025
1185 points (99.3% liked)

Technology

73066 readers
2451 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
technopagan@lemmy.world
L4s@lemmy.world
L3s@hackingne.ws
L4s@hackingne.ws
1185
Adblockers stop publishers serving ads to (or even seeing) 1bn web users - Press Gazette (pressgazette.co.uk)
submitted 2 days ago by 1984@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world
347 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

They call it "dark traffic" - ads that are not seen by tech-savvy users who have excellent ad blockers.

Not surprised that its growing. The web is unusable without an ad blocker and its only getting worse, and will continue to get worse every month.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 62 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Almost 70. Spent way too many years watching cable shit tv. I hate ads. I fucking hate ads with a nuclear passion. I have ad blockers, pirated shit and some services that do not show ads so far. If there are ads I find an alternative or read a book. Our teen son screams ad every time he sees one that sneaks through ad just to get me going.

[–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

"Son, are those ads in my house!?"

dad, please, it's only a little marketing!

"NO SON OF MINE! GET MY BELT!"

dad, no!

"What's our DNS address!?"

dad, I don't kno-

"Count the licks, boy! I'll teach you the hard way!"

[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wow. That is pretty violent. I do not envy your son.

[–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Alternate reality foss religions were not on my imagination list this morning but there ya go

[–] Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ah somehow I knew religion must be involved to be so violent. Luckily I am not religious and my son could not be happier.

[–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 3 points 2 days ago

I am overwhelmingly happy for both of you.

I was raised Baptist. Don't recommend it.

[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Jesus. How are you going to get to 8.8.8.8 belt licks?

(and please, for the love of god, don't use 8.8.8.8!)

[–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Joke's on him, it's 100.99.99.99

[–] AntEater@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago

Oh dear, don't ever forget your netmask.

[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 5 points 2 days ago

a nuclear passion. I like that. surprised I never came across this phrase before lol