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uBlock Origin Is Giving Up the Fight to Keep Ads Off Facebook
digitalescapetools.com/2026/08/ublock-origin-stops-chasing-facebook-ads.html
digitalescapetools.comuBlock Origin Is Giving Up the Fight to Keep Ads Off FacebookuBlock Origin's volunteer team will no longer chase Facebook's shifting ad-detection tricks, calling it a 'disgusting anti-user site.' Here's what that means for your feed.
Replying to @inari@piefed.zip
I wonder what kind if person thinks “you know what, today I will go in an make the world a little bit worse than it was before”…I simply cannot understand how people are willingly working at a place like Meta.
Replying to @MurrayL@lemmy.world
There’s just so many other options for making (plenty of) money, that doesn’t involve actively participating in making the world worse.
Replying to @ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Like working on open source projects?
In light of recent mass layoffs I’d be quite interested what options of making (plenty of) money you think exist for developers that don’t actively make the world worse.
Replying to @crunchpaste@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Spoiler: none
They pay like $700k/year. At that rate I could probably retire in 5-10 years and spend the rest of my life working on open source projects that actually improve the world full time!
Ended up declining the interview, but it was tempting.
Exactly. Helping organise a genocide in Myanmar, sure, that’s bad, but on the other hand, money!
Replying to @MurrayL@lemmy.world
I think the guy from idiocracy was a better choice but this is accurate too lol
