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Sure they do. They exfilled great amount of PII and telemetry from people. I mean, right now, just to sign stavros's petition, I had to take off my browser's hazmat gear[0] and navigate through a bunch of dark patterns... and I didn't get the confirmation e-mail yet - I suspect I'm being punished for successfully not clicking on "spam your social media" buttons.

BTW. 'stavros, when did you migrate the username? I have your old handle burned in my brain, now I have to rewire some neural pathways...

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[0] - I.e. disable uBlock Origin. I don't think the phrase "disable adblocker" correctly describes the critical role of uBlock Origin as a basic means of personal hygiene on the Internet.



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