Disqus Turned My Blog into an Ad Farm – So I Killed It
IntroThis will be a short and sweet post. As I’m not big on goodbyes.Disqus started showing ads for their “free” tier comments system a few years back. At the time, the communication they sent out via email, seemed quite laid-back and had the tone of “don’t worry about it, it’s not a big thing”. Which in part lead me to almost forget it happened.At the time, the disqus comments system looked quite smart and sleek. I remember thinking that the ads system will possibly look smart and sleek too. Which alleviated any worries I had at the time.WELL…….I’ve just seen the ads, and they look horrific!!!ApologiesI have a Pihole set up, so ads are blocked on my home network. When I’m out of the house, my phone is connected to a Wireguard VPN which routes my data…
