Anti-Consumer Ad Block and Online Ordering

Postedabout 2 months agoActiveabout 2 months ago

Fairburn

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A user reported that Domino's website was not functioning properly with adblock enabled, but later realized the issue was on their end, sparking a discussion about adblock and online ordering experiences.

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FairburnAuthor

about 2 months ago

Went to order a pizza for lunch as I was hungry and lazy to make anything upstairs.. apparently Dominoes (and I assume others) are playing with user experience regarding the browser and plugins such as adblock (FF + uBlock lite & reg).

I couldnt order anything on that menu page as no images. Hmm, maybe their site is having issues. Tried Chrome, worked fine. So I went and turned my adblock off & on and rechecked. Yup. Thats the deal.

But wait, there is more. I installed ublock in Chrome and reran the web page. The page rendered fine.. Back to FF with ublock.. no images of the food.

Try for yourself. Try and order a pizza on Dominoes with FF and an ad blocker.

I understand the reasons but they don't sit right with me.

Add'l Context: https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/dam9v2/ublock...

https://www.eater.com/2019/7/25/8930669/dominos-supreme-cour...

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/25/dominos-asks-supreme-court-t...

https://ialabs.ie/the-robles-versus-dominos-pizza-case/

..and yes, hardly Hacker news but it annoyed me enough to throw caution to the wind.

WarOnPrivacy

about 2 months ago

Firefox, UBO, CanvasBlocker. I entered my address, put one pizza in the cart, navigated the upsell and contribution ordeals and made it to checkout. Page loaded fine and it looked like I could check out.

It's not that I never see what you're describing - I do all the time. I didn't get it here tho.

FairburnAuthor

about 2 months ago

Apparently, I had the issue on my end. Not theirs.. MODS, please remove this post, please. I was the dumbass..

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