I know I didn't wake up in 2011 because uBlock Origin exists. Yet someone is talking about TechCrunch, so the most likely conclusion is that uBlock Origin existed long before I thought it did, like 2011.

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dabber21 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I feel dirty browsing the web without that extension

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NietTim 6 hours ago | parent [-]

With the amount of times ad networks like googles have spread malware etc it's a basic internet security practice these days.

	▲	rstat1 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Also a great practice if you do any amount of browsing on mobile as it’s practically impossible to read any mobile website through all the stupid ads. Just today I was trying to read an article on my phone in a browser without ubo and was basically blocked from doing so by a full screen video ad that kept popping up on its own even after dismissing it

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forgotpwd16 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Lol. But uBO is indeed quite old, having started in 2015 (and 2014 plain uB). Probably haven't visited TechCrunch since before its time.