What got you flummoxed today?

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Re: What got you flummoxed today?

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There are no great problems with ABP if you can accept their philosophy, but I don't and won't use it because of their "acceptable ads" policy.
The problem with it is it allows ads from syndicated advertising networks and every single one of them has at some time or another served up malware.
I've been around on the internet since before the web and advertising ALL fits into the category of malware for me, so the concept of "acceptable" ads does not compute.
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pappnase wrote: Sat Mar 15, 2025 3:38 pm There are no great problems with ABP if you can accept their philosophy, but I don't and won't use it because of their "acceptable ads" policy.
The problem with it is it allows ads from syndicated advertising networks and every single one of them has at some time or another served up malware.
I've been around on the internet since before the web and advertising ALL fits into the category of malware for me, so the concept of "acceptable" ads does not compute.
Have you ever clicked the wheel and chose "advanced"?
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Re: What got you flummoxed today?

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"Users have the option to disable the Acceptable Ads feature and block all ads, or to selectively allow ads from specific websites."
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Re: What got you flummoxed today?

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pappnase wrote: Thu Mar 13, 2025 11:15 am I just want to double-click the number, copy it and paste it into the form.
Pappnase wasn't venting about the adblocker, but about websites that require you to enter codes or account numbers and then are too stupid to ignore leading or trailing spaces. Just my two cents.
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"I don't and won't use it because of their "acceptable ads" policy."

I was only replying to the above statement.

The rest I don't understand. You know that. :D
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Re: What got you flummoxed today?

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Hey Fruity, it's fine, I get it, if it works for you then it works. Like I said there is nothing wrong with ABP, I just don't agree with them because the concept of "acceptable ads" doesn't work for me.
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No probs, Papps. Good thing it works well for me. I am a tech idiot but I do have people. 8-)
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Re: What got you flummoxed today?

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Not a big deal, but FWIW: my inner German regularly gets annoyed at those lazy and inconsiderate neighbours who regularly put uncollapsed cardboard boxes into the Papiertonne which I (depending on my mood) either (a) break down myself or (b) remove intact and leave on the ground next to the container.

On the other hand, my thrifty self is only too happy to retrieve Pfandflaschen from the coloured glass container, left by those lazy and presumably better-off neighbours who can't be bothered to take them to the supermarket to reclaim the Pfand.

What flummoxes me is that I will probably never know if they are the same neighbours....
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john_b wrote: Mon Mar 24, 2025 8:19 pm [..]they are the same neighbours....
When it comes, to me... Just make sure that the brown neighbours and the blue neighbours get into the fücking right container...
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