Ads are so invasive and prevalent now that you need an ad blocker just to use the internet.

hdgvhicv 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yet 90% of people don’t use a browser capable of running ubo

Because all those other browsers can still block ads. I use ubo lite for safari and it's largely fine.

	▲	fsflover 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It will be "largely fine" until the ad networks start using the methods not blocked by the Lite version. You may not even notice that they start tracking you efficiently. See https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b... for some examples of things Ublock Lite can't do. Related discussion: uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari (apps.apple.com) 1156 points by Jiahang on Aug 5, 2025 \| 451 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44795825

Casteil 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Now? Sure seems like it's been that way for well over a decade.