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		inetknght on May 7, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is it worth supporting Firefox? Ads are not free. They cost users in bandwidth, device battery, and website usability.

dorgo on May 7, 2018 [–]

forget all this. They steal my attention/time which is an orders of magnitude greater offense.

inetknght on May 7, 2018 | [–]

I count that as part of website usability, but you are not wrong to point out it is the most egregious offense of ads whether or not they're "intrusive"

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