"The internet has literally become unusable for me without ublock origin."
I thought uBlock Origin was only for certain web browsers, i.e., it is specifically for the www only (cf. the internet).
I thought uBlock Origin was only for certain web browsers, i.e., it is specifically for the www only (cf. the internet).
It's a purely web-centric, and "web browser"-centric, perspective that denies fact: the internet is more than the www.
A tech bro 100% focused on "web apps" and other garbage might claim that anyone citing the fact that "the internet" is more than the web is "a twisted form of pedantism". After all, the web is where the majority of online advertising is found. This is the tech bro "business model" and web-centrism is therefore vigorously defended.
Fortunately the rest of the internet beyond the web (as accessed through popular web browsers that deliver online advertising) is usable without uBlock Origin, although controlling DNS is often essential.
Big Tech with their online advertising "business model" may control "the web". And we can see that has resulted in a sewer of advertising. But the web is only one use of the internet amongst many, many others that are not used to deliver advertising.
This consent crap is everywhere. My car asks me *EVERY* time I start it, if it can spy on me. There's no option to accept or deny forever.