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      1337 @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller It looks like it has to do with the dynamic nature of the site, so the counter will increase each time it blocks something. After a page refresh it's blocking 3 things. Two vultr images and one colo ntg ad. It's because they are inside the EasyList.

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        scottalanmiller @1337
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        @Pete-S said in is hosting advertisements directly on your website sly?:

        @scottalanmiller It looks like it has to do with the dynamic nature of the site, so the counter will increase each time it blocks something. After a page refresh it's blocking 3 things. Two vultr images and one colo ntg ad. It's because they are inside the EasyList.

        EasyList?

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          1337 @scottalanmiller
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          @scottalanmiller said in is hosting advertisements directly on your website sly?:

          @Pete-S said in is hosting advertisements directly on your website sly?:

          @scottalanmiller It looks like it has to do with the dynamic nature of the site, so the counter will increase each time it blocks something. After a page refresh it's blocking 3 things. Two vultr images and one colo ntg ad. It's because they are inside the EasyList.

          EasyList?

          https://easylist.to/

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            scottalanmiller
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            I see, I've never used that, basically a key word list to look for in file names.

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              1337 @scottalanmiller
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              @scottalanmiller said in is hosting advertisements directly on your website sly?:

              I see, I've never used that, basically a key word list to look for in file names.

              Yes, it's seems to be the default installed list for a lot of the browser adblockers out there.

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                black3dynamite
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                I see this in Privacy Badger add-on.
                14f0f0cf-8716-4833-91b3-db015e1c8c7a-image.png

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                  scottalanmiller @black3dynamite
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                  @black3dynamite said in is hosting advertisements directly on your website sly?:

                  I see this in Privacy Badger add-on.
                  14f0f0cf-8716-4833-91b3-db015e1c8c7a-image.png

                  That's the CDN, fonts, in thread images. No idea what the last ones are.

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                    RojoLoco @scottalanmiller
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                    @scottalanmiller said in is hosting advertisements directly on your website sly?:

                    @black3dynamite said in is hosting advertisements directly on your website sly?:

                    I see this in Privacy Badger add-on.
                    14f0f0cf-8716-4833-91b3-db015e1c8c7a-image.png

                    That's the CDN, fonts, in thread images. No idea what the last ones are.

                    Then it's smart to block the shit out of those.

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                      Obsolesce @DustinB3403
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                      @DustinB3403 said in is hosting advertisements directly on your website sly?:

                      So this stems from @JaredBusch topic on the Skytele billing.

                      Is it sly, to host advertisements on your website, knowing full well that many people use ad blockers and things like PiHole to avoid having to see ads and that hosting these images directly would circumvent all of the website users systems?

                      It's not typically the adds themselves, due to decent targeting.

                      It's the obnoxious aspect most bring, which ideally doesn't happen from a simple image and link.

                      But on ML specifically, they are annoying because I tend to accidentally click on them all the time and it posses me off each time.

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                        scottalanmiller @RojoLoco
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                        @RojoLoco said in is hosting advertisements directly on your website sly?:

                        @scottalanmiller said in is hosting advertisements directly on your website sly?:

                        @black3dynamite said in is hosting advertisements directly on your website sly?:

                        I see this in Privacy Badger add-on.
                        14f0f0cf-8716-4833-91b3-db015e1c8c7a-image.png

                        That's the CDN, fonts, in thread images. No idea what the last ones are.

                        Then it's smart to block the shit out of those.

                        You don't want fonts, the images that are the topic of the threads, and the cache? What?

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                          RojoLoco @scottalanmiller
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                          @scottalanmiller the ones after that which you can't identify. Block those.

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                            scottalanmiller @RojoLoco
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                            @RojoLoco said in is hosting advertisements directly on your website sly?:

                            @scottalanmiller the ones after that which you can't identify. Block those.

                            Oh, yeah, I'm guessing that the one is something someone linked. I'm going to look for that.

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                              scottalanmiller @RojoLoco
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                              @RojoLoco said in is hosting advertisements directly on your website sly?:

                              @scottalanmiller said in is hosting advertisements directly on your website sly?:

                              @black3dynamite said in is hosting advertisements directly on your website sly?:

                              I see this in Privacy Badger add-on.
                              14f0f0cf-8716-4833-91b3-db015e1c8c7a-image.png

                              That's the CDN, fonts, in thread images. No idea what the last ones are.

                              Then it's smart to block the shit out of those.

                              Oh, Alamy is a stock image source. It's providing the picture of the gate in the field. NOT something you want blocked, it's a meme in this case.

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                                DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
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                                @scottalanmiller said in is hosting advertisements directly on your website sly?:

                                @RojoLoco said in is hosting advertisements directly on your website sly?:

                                @scottalanmiller said in is hosting advertisements directly on your website sly?:

                                @black3dynamite said in is hosting advertisements directly on your website sly?:

                                I see this in Privacy Badger add-on.
                                14f0f0cf-8716-4833-91b3-db015e1c8c7a-image.png

                                That's the CDN, fonts, in thread images. No idea what the last ones are.

                                Then it's smart to block the shit out of those.

                                Oh, Alamy is a stock image source. It's providing the picture of the gate in the field. NOT something you want blocked, it's a meme in this case.

                                But the internet would be better without memes

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