cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/65487
I’ve heard some wild claims in YouTube ads, but “The Pantry Find” still managed to make me do a double take. “If you’re a Christian, and you don’t know that the cure for Alzheimer’s and dementia is in the Bible, you should read the Scriptures again.” A bespectacled man in a white shirt and tie, looking something like a Mormon missionary, is sitting behind a desk with a bottle of honey and a pack of cinnamon sticks. Behind him are respectability-enhancing bookcases, although if you look closely the titles are garbled and AI-generated. The man goes on:
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It’s a good time to install an adblocker onto your parents’, grantparents’, aunts’… devices.
Ads are a common way to promote scams, and slow down browsers.
UBlock Origin is a good browser extension for Windows, Linux, Android.
Switching browser for one that integrates an ad-blocker seems to be the only option on iOS.
You can put a adblocker on your router that way ads get blocked on the entire network