New AdBlocker Recommendations

foreright

foreright

foreright

Associate
Joined
19 Jan 2005
Posts
463
Location
Romford, Essex
Until yesterday I have used uBlock Origin on both my PC and Laptop. However from today Chrome has removed it from it's extension. I was unaware it has been phased in and possibly I am one of the last to lose it.
I would like to continue to use Chrome browser and would appreciate any workaround or a recommended alternative Ad blocker. Thanks.
 
Stelly said:
Do you rate it over PiHole? What do you think of it? Is there much config needed? Does it do DNS hosting?
Click to expand...

For me it fits my use case perfectly

- Web GUI is much easier to use and the configuration source is in YAML so easily portable

- Per client/group configuration, application blocklists like tinder, tiktok, gaming etc

- Per client/group DNS upsteams - which is amazing - ie some clients will use cloudflare, google DNS servers whilst say the kids will go through adguard family filter or other strict DNS

PiHole on the other hand was a mess, I could achieve the above goals with it but not so easy
I'll have to check if PiHole has improved since I last used it though
 
Last edited:
I went with ALD's suggestion and added uBO Lite. So far it seems adequate for my simple needs. Time will tell. Thanks for the other recommendations.
 
Just loaded Chrome and it told me uBlock Origin is no longer supported and I should remove it. I read about this is gunna happen a few days and made plans to switch to Firefox if there was no alternative Adblocker.
 
nade said:
Not just me today then haha, just installed uBlock Origin Lite. Will see how it goes :)
Click to expand...
Just did the same.

Had Ublock Origin installed, opened Chrome and got told it had been removed\disabled.

esoteric said:
Just loaded Chrome and it told me uBlock Origin is no longer supported and I should remove it. I read about this is gunna happen a few days and made plans to switch to Firefox if there was no alternative Adblocker.
Click to expand...
I just installed Ublock Origin Lite.
 
I would still recommened hosting a DNS one yourself if you can. A browser plugin only does so much.
 
I switched from UBlock Origin to a lifetime licence of Adguard - glad to say YouTube is still totally AD free. The only ADs I've seen so far have been those intensely annoying embedded ones on some Facebook videos but even the mighty UBlock didn't stop those
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom