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spacebanana7 6 hours ago

One major benefit of Russia Today’s news site is that there’s no ads, because of sanctions.

If you’re comfortable ignoring the Russian government propaganda on many topics it’s actually pleasant to browse as one of the least bloated major news sites.

benoau 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Most news sites are pleasant with ad blocking, except for the proliferation of subscription paywalls.

dlcarrier 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Try blocking JavaScript on the domain, it often brings up the full article, in a much faster web page, even with a paywall. There's a built-in feature in uBlock Origin, on a button with this label: </>

benoau 5 hours ago | parent [-]

That's cool, I've never seen that option because I almost never need to open the uBlock extension's little panel. I went to its settings first to look for it, and also discovered it can block JavaScript entirely by default.

spacebanana7 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

But with RT, my government does the ad blocking and the Russian government pays the paywall