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The blackout is starting to have a financial impact on Reddit, but we must stay dark! (www.adweek.com)

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If the performance weakness continues for a week or two, the agency would start recommending decreasing spend with Reddit or directing it to other platforms.

After the blackout, we will be closely monitoring user behavior on Reddit and guide clients when we can unpause,” said Freddy Dabaghi, managing director at Stagwell-backed Crispin Porter Bogusky, which has asked clients to stop campaigns, depending on their client goals.

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[-] taaz@biglemmowski.win 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

yk you could "side-load" install the adblocker extension manually from flash drive ;)

EDIT: /s? I am aware there are jobs that require very high security, this was just a cheeky don't-really-do-this remark.

[-] Firnin@feddit.de 10 points 1 year ago

If they aren't allowed to install AdBlockers, I doubt they are allowed to plug in random flash drives into their work machines

[-] ___@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

One possible solution: if OP is allowed to connect their phone to their work computer, and they have a rooted Android phone, they could get around this using VPN tethering. I'll spell out how to do this, in case someone else can benefit from it.

What's needed: