Ad Blocking: Ethical Dilemma or Digital Necessity?
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TEC292: Online ads can be annoying, invasive, or even harmful—but is blocking them ethical? Dom Bettinelli, Pat Scott, and Fr. Andrew Kinstetter tackle ad blocking, privacy concerns, and Catholic perspectives on digital media. Plus, Firefox’s controversy and gene-edited bananas!
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Links for this episode:
- uBlock Origin
- TechRadar Review: Adblock Plus
- Adblock Plus
- AdGuard
- Brave Shields
- 1Blocker
- ExpressVPN Ad Blocker
- ExpressVPN Advanced Protection (Windows)
- Surfshark CleanWeb
- NordVPN Threat Protection
- Brave Browser
- Firefox Browser
- Tor Browser
- LibreWolf Browser
- Vinegar (YouTube Cleaner for iOS)
- Invidious (YouTube Alternative)
- NewPipe (Android YouTube Alternative)
- FB Purity (Facebook Ad Blocker)
- Blokada (Ad Blocker for Android & iOS)
- DNS66 (Android Ad Blocker)
- NextDNS
- Pi-hole (Network-wide Ad Blocker)
- AdGuard DNS
- Pi-hole Setup on Raspberry Pi
- The Guardian: Gene-Edited Non-Browning Banana
- Mozilla’s Controversial Terms of Use
- Windows Central: Firefox Users Slam Mozilla
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- Pat: ZDNet: Free10 Linux (Windows Alternative); Free10 Linux Download
- Dom: Aqara Smart Lock U50 (Amazon)
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