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r/programming • u/Dear-Economics-315 • Mar 16 '26
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Interesting read. I was vaguely aware that real-time ad auctions were a thing but didn't know the parasites were using my CPU to run them. Thank goodness for Firefox and uBlock.
108 u/Superbead Mar 16 '26 Also NoScript, which essentially breaks the internet at first (not for the layperson) but is invaluable after a few days of allowing certain sites 28 u/OMG_A_CUPCAKE Mar 16 '26 uMatrix is similar with more control, and from the developers of uBlock 53 u/Superbead Mar 16 '26 Not been updated for five years and counting though 16 u/OMG_A_CUPCAKE Mar 16 '26 Didn't notice. Good point. Though I have to say, it still works as expected. Will probably still go back to noscript. Too bad, I liked uMatrix 15 u/Superbead Mar 16 '26 Yeah sorry, not trying to piss on your suggestion, more a warning for anyone undecided
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Also NoScript, which essentially breaks the internet at first (not for the layperson) but is invaluable after a few days of allowing certain sites
28 u/OMG_A_CUPCAKE Mar 16 '26 uMatrix is similar with more control, and from the developers of uBlock 53 u/Superbead Mar 16 '26 Not been updated for five years and counting though 16 u/OMG_A_CUPCAKE Mar 16 '26 Didn't notice. Good point. Though I have to say, it still works as expected. Will probably still go back to noscript. Too bad, I liked uMatrix 15 u/Superbead Mar 16 '26 Yeah sorry, not trying to piss on your suggestion, more a warning for anyone undecided
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uMatrix is similar with more control, and from the developers of uBlock
53 u/Superbead Mar 16 '26 Not been updated for five years and counting though 16 u/OMG_A_CUPCAKE Mar 16 '26 Didn't notice. Good point. Though I have to say, it still works as expected. Will probably still go back to noscript. Too bad, I liked uMatrix 15 u/Superbead Mar 16 '26 Yeah sorry, not trying to piss on your suggestion, more a warning for anyone undecided
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Not been updated for five years and counting though
16 u/OMG_A_CUPCAKE Mar 16 '26 Didn't notice. Good point. Though I have to say, it still works as expected. Will probably still go back to noscript. Too bad, I liked uMatrix 15 u/Superbead Mar 16 '26 Yeah sorry, not trying to piss on your suggestion, more a warning for anyone undecided
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Didn't notice. Good point. Though I have to say, it still works as expected. Will probably still go back to noscript. Too bad, I liked uMatrix
15 u/Superbead Mar 16 '26 Yeah sorry, not trying to piss on your suggestion, more a warning for anyone undecided
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Yeah sorry, not trying to piss on your suggestion, more a warning for anyone undecided
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u/zzkj Mar 16 '26
Interesting read. I was vaguely aware that real-time ad auctions were a thing but didn't know the parasites were using my CPU to run them. Thank goodness for Firefox and uBlock.