Why do I feel like I'm the only person who uses the Element Zapper tool in uBlock Origin. Just choose the tool and one-click delete any elements you want.

Most of the time the "Adblocker Detected" prompt is an overlay on top of the website, so just zap that out of existence.

You know what the last straw for me was? A few years ago, when people got infected with malware from ads including ads that ran on a Forbes article about malware in ads that you had to disable your adblocker to read.

About a year or two ago I'd open up an article blocked by ad blocker and I'd try tweaking my settings a little, thinking if it were easy, I'd use a bit of effort to get to the writing I wanted to read.

I did that for a while with about a 50/50 chance that one setting or just clicking a few things and I could get to the copy.

Now I don't really care ..... there's a million things to read on the internet ... if I see a site and it even throws up a challenge, an extra click or ad blocker has affected it ... I don't even bother, just close it, forget it and move on.

What's annoying is when I don't even have an ad blocker. I use ublock origin which blocks privacy invading scripts. Its not my problem that your ads a spyware and sometimes even malware

Most of the time those articles are bullshit click bait anyway.

"I'm not that interested"

"This game you like got a good update" okay cool click
"Disable adblocker" okay thanks for the news; I'll just search for the official post on the game company's website.

There is the legend of the adblock-block-blocker

Happened to me about 4mins ago

If you're using uBlock Origin, bring up the control panel and disable JavaScript for that webpage. Then reload the page. Works on most of these pages for me.

Same with articles asking for sub fees. Nah.

search and find a different source. there's usually multiple, especially for news (and "news") items.

click and drag over the headline, then do one of these:

• copy/paste to the browser search box or address bar

• click and drag the now-selected text to the search box or address bar

• right click on the text and 'search for.....' from context menu

Serious question... What's the answer to paying for services like this? If everyone adblocks, how can they be sustainable? Will journalism just die because no one wants to pay or see ads?

There's a few trucks you can use to view the article.
You can view the cached version of the site.

You can get there by doing a search under Google and clicking on the ellipses to get to the cached version. Generally this version includes no ads or pop ups.

Alternatively you can inspect the element and delete the offending div/script. But this is more advanced and the results for cached are better in terms of readability.

But generally speaking it's usually best to avoid those dumpster fire websites.

Google "fuck fuck Adblock" (yes, fuck twice)

In the 90s, I started closing any page that had an ad because I had principles. I still close pages that won't let me read with an ad-blocker, but holy shit.