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		patrakov 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: uBlock Origin is no longer available on the Chrome... In 2011, when I worked at Google (on ads, not on Chrome), I did use Firefox as my main browser. But back then, there was much less need for an ad blocker. I still remember asking my manager whether it was OK to click an ad (from a VPS provider) while browsing from the corporate desktop.

dogtierstatus 4 months ago [–]

Did you get a response from your manager?

patrakov 4 months ago | [–]

Yes, I did, and he said it was as OK to click ads as to click any other link.

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