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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by Drbreen@sh.itjust.works to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

I went to thetvdb.com site yesterday and much to my surprise, they won't let me in unless I subscribe or turn off my adblocker. Is there any workaround for this?

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[-] netchami@sh.itjust.works 72 points 9 months ago

uBlock Origin should prevent this, other ad-blockers might not have these bypass mechanisms.

[-] vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org 51 points 9 months ago

I'm actually genuinely surprised that more people don't know about uBlock Origin.

[-] PeachMan@lemmy.world 23 points 9 months ago

It's all we talk about here lol

[-] lido@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 9 months ago
[-] FutileRecipe@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

But OP is, and still asking...

[-] lido@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 9 months ago
[-] vlad76@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 9 months ago
[-] drunkensailor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago

want to also add that people using ublock origin would probably benefit from enabling more than just the default filters.

if you go into your extension prefs for UB, there's a lot of other stuff in there. I usually select everything except the other languages. I occasionally come across a site that has a 'we see youre using an adblocker' type message but its not very often. and even then, most of the ones that I have seen let me dismiss the message and still view the content.

i don't use any social media except lemmy/reddit and the like tho, so no clue how it works on facebook and other trash like that.

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