I started to find this article interesting but every time I tapped “x” on an ad to dismiss it, no more than five seconds later, the same ad would appear at the bottom and distract me. Over and over.

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asdff 9 days ago | parent | next [-]

The internet is so much better blocking ads.

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ASalazarMX 9 days ago | parent [-]

If someone has the will to fight those little xs, they have the will to install uBlock Origin. It even works on iPad and iPhone now, through a regular Safari Plugin.

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dieselgate 9 days ago | parent [-]

All my xs live in Texas.... and uBlock Origin even works on my locked down work Dell with firefox!

	▲	readthenotes1 9 days ago \| parent [-]
		So you're saying your PC is in Tennessee? Or is that just your VPN?

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bsammon 9 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

sorta piling on here, but it's also worth noting that this problem goes away (and the article is quite readable) in a browser with javascript turned off (and no adblocker).

	▲	criddell 9 days ago \| parent [-]
		I often use reader mode.

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goodmythical 9 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Archive.org has a few copies: https://web.archive.org/web/20260000000000*/https://lithub.c...

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slwvx 9 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Sounds like a "dickover", a term coined by John Gruber: https://daringfireball.net/2026/05/what_is_a_dickover