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[–] SapphicSandwich@beehaw.org 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I shared a link from a movie streaming site not knowing that without uBlock Origin the page was covered in nearly pornographic mobile game ads.

[–] Tretiak@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

... pornographic mobile game ads

... What? Jesus.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

nearly pornographic, which describes pretty much all mobile game ads.

[–] ancedactyl@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Ah the old scantily clad warrior woman being used to advertise... a match-3 game.

[–] cavemeat@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

I've been jumpscared by hentai ads when I accidentally followed a pirating link to safari rather than firefox. Movie streaming sites are some of the worst offenders.