I worked for one the biggest Advertising agencies in the world for almost a decade.
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My work computer used to have #uBlockOrigin preinstalled. Now there's no ad-blocker and I can't get into the browser settings page to install one Because Security
️.Does security prevent USB drives? You could always do a portable web browser with uBlock Origin installed if they do.
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Yep, I'm not allowed to do that. But I am allowed to use WSL.
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Yep, I'm not allowed to do that. But I am allowed to use WSL.
That's sweet. Which distro of Linux are you running in it? And the security allows for Linux programs to be installed? That's definitely a solution!
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I worked for one the biggest Advertising agencies in the world for almost a decade. Ad-Blockers were installed on everyone's work computers by default, the entire time.
@fesshole I met my former classmate about 12 -13 years ago for a beer and he was developer for the biggest add-tech company in the country - asked “how does it feel to be in the heart of darkness”… he did not understood the question;)
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I worked for one the biggest Advertising agencies in the world for almost a decade. Ad-Blockers were installed on everyone's work computers by default, the entire time.
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I worked for one the biggest Advertising agencies in the world for almost a decade. Ad-Blockers were installed on everyone's work computers by default, the entire time.
@fesshole Well, ain't that fucking ironic & hypocritical, but not entirely unexpected.
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I worked for one the biggest Advertising agencies in the world for almost a decade. Ad-Blockers were installed on everyone's work computers by default, the entire time.
anyone need further proof that online advertising is a waste of time, space, and resources?
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I worked for one the biggest Advertising agencies in the world for almost a decade. Ad-Blockers were installed on everyone's work computers by default, the entire time.
@fesshole At previous jobs (as a web developer), it took me 6 months before learning we had ads on the website maintained by my team.
One day someone asked the team to change the script related to ads. That’s how I learned about it. I was shocked.
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The dealer strategy of not getting hooked on your own product
@csolisr But what if the product is drugs?
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I worked for one the biggest Advertising agencies in the world for almost a decade. Ad-Blockers were installed on everyone's work computers by default, the entire time.
@fesshole "I saw the best minds of my generation optimizing for ad clicks"
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I worked for one the biggest Advertising agencies in the world for almost a decade. Ad-Blockers were installed on everyone's work computers by default, the entire time.
@fesshole Seems like a great deal of irony to me.
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