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I think as a child I got viruses from one of the ads, you know, the ones would put on the side of the site. We had to call in a guy, to clean parents' computer. I felt really guilty and never touched those ads again.

So Google's and Meta's main business are ads. And recently I felt confused. Do people click on ads? Don't these ads feel phishy to them?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

My Internet has Pihole and uBlock. I don't know what these ad things are.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Does pi hole help with chatty smart tvโ€™s talking back to the mother ship?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Yep, you can block the domain it talks too.