top | item 39393750 (no title) zwog | 2 years ago I think this was debunked and caused by misconfigured/outdated adblock rules, wasn't it? discuss order hn newest scq|2 years ago Yes, it turned out to be caused by ad blockers -- and there was actually a bug in AdBlock Plus that made things even worse.Interesting how people were so quick to assume malicious intent against Firefox from Google. palmfacehn|2 years ago Never used add-ons, but I do use a DNS blacklist.Most of the ads I experience are pre-roll. In FF videos don't autoplay, so I just press F5 a few times until the garbage is gone. If an ad pops in the middle of something, I typically close the tab and find something else to listen to.
scq|2 years ago Yes, it turned out to be caused by ad blockers -- and there was actually a bug in AdBlock Plus that made things even worse.Interesting how people were so quick to assume malicious intent against Firefox from Google. palmfacehn|2 years ago Never used add-ons, but I do use a DNS blacklist.Most of the ads I experience are pre-roll. In FF videos don't autoplay, so I just press F5 a few times until the garbage is gone. If an ad pops in the middle of something, I typically close the tab and find something else to listen to.
palmfacehn|2 years ago Never used add-ons, but I do use a DNS blacklist.Most of the ads I experience are pre-roll. In FF videos don't autoplay, so I just press F5 a few times until the garbage is gone. If an ad pops in the middle of something, I typically close the tab and find something else to listen to.
scq|2 years ago
Interesting how people were so quick to assume malicious intent against Firefox from Google.
palmfacehn|2 years ago
Most of the ads I experience are pre-roll. In FF videos don't autoplay, so I just press F5 a few times until the garbage is gone. If an ad pops in the middle of something, I typically close the tab and find something else to listen to.