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BruceIV on Sept 7, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Linux vs. Bullshit

Minor point: could the prevalence of ad-blocking on Linux be mostly because ad-blocking makes the Web significantly faster because Flash is dog-slow on Linux, rather than any particular philosophical objection to ads?

WildUtah on Sept 7, 2013 [–]

Could be, but careful observation and personal research has revealed that Flash runs dog slow in OS/X and Windows also.

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