diff --git a/Tips-and-tricks-waterfall.md b/Tips-and-tricks-waterfall.md index 1d931d5..f4e09af 100644 --- a/Tips-and-tricks-waterfall.md +++ b/Tips-and-tricks-waterfall.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Short but useful tips and tricks, randomly added. #### Why using a blocker is **very important** -In response to this [ridiculously over-the-top pure propaganda](http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ad-blocking-is-stealing,news-20962.html) piece, whose purpose is to manipulate you into compliance to the one specific business model they chose for themselves. (Hint to _Tom's Guide_: nobody else but you is responsible for the failure of your chosen business model if it fails). +In response to this [ridiculously over-the-top pure propaganda](http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ad-blocking-is-stealing,news-20962.html) piece, whose purpose is to manipulate you into compliance to the one specific business model they chose for themselves. **Left:** without a blocker: 124 domains (note that I had Flash plug-in disabled, it would have been worse if it had been enabled -- I wasn't ready to go that far to make my point). @@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ In response to this [ridiculously over-the-top pure propaganda](http://www.tomsg The content of the picture below is not fabricated, it's really what was reported by uBlock. -[![c](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/585534/7784786/faefbef2-013f-11e5-95bc-afb5d79fd2c2.png)](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/585534/7784786/faefbef2-013f-11e5-95bc-afb5d79fd2c2.png) - As I often say, ads are only the small visible tip of the iceberg of the insidious privacy-invading data mining of people, without their _fully informed_ consent. +[![c](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/585534/7784786/faefbef2-013f-11e5-95bc-afb5d79fd2c2.png)](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/585534/7784786/faefbef2-013f-11e5-95bc-afb5d79fd2c2.png) + #### TechCrunch: [Firefox Will Soon Get Sponsored Suggested Tiles Based On Your Browsing History](http://techcrunch.com/2015/05/21/mozilla-will-soon-launch-sponsored-suggested-tiles-based-on-your-browsing-history/) When creating a new tab and clicking a tile, here is what is reported for the behind-the-scene scope: