Opera browser has a good built in adblocker.
Good text reflow as well, it's the only decent browser on android if you ask me
Do you run an AdBlocker?
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Opera browser has a good built in adblocker.
Good text reflow as well, it's the only decent browser on android if you ask me
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i second this, been using it for years although the adblock is a recent addition, the data saver is also pretty useful too.
Yup, because it's a general interest discussion, not software specific. GD is the best place for it
My ublock has blocked over 400k ads so far. I still get annoyed with popups for cookies etc.
Only site I don't use it is AVForums as they limit your account, it's horrible to browse as they use full page ads that stretch across the boards, makes it so slow loading each page.
Only site I don't use it is AVForums as they limit your account, it's horrible to browse as they use full page ads that stretch across the boards, makes it so slow loading each page.
What sort of limits?
They limit your inbox size and restrict your use of the classifieds I think.
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Used to use ublock and ghostery but found it messed up some websites. I bought adguard lifetime for £20 or so and put it on all my devices and must admit it’s worth the money. It blocks at dns level, like a paid for pihole but without the faff.
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I use adblock whenever possible (essentially anything that isn't an app, or a work machine). So many obtrusive ads on pages it would be horrendous not to.
Problem is, sites will get paid more for the obtrusive ads, as they're noticed more, so it's unlikely to change.
Problem is, sites will get paid more for the obtrusive ads, as they're noticed more, so it's unlikely to change.
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I don't like browser based adblockers.
I do adblock from the router level tho, pretty damn good!
I do adblock from the router level tho, pretty damn good!
I have always run ad-blockers, pretty much ever since they have been made available - from modified HOSTS files in the early days, through to applications/browsers extensions/a Pi 2 with PiHole. Personally, I have never give much thought to the fact that adverts help pay for websites - that probably makes me a bad person, but there are always other websites I can get the same content from; so I feel no allegiance or need to support a site.
These days online advertisements are far too intrusive, they often are the last thing to load, meaning websites take longer to load - they take up far too much screen real estate too; some sites often have them top, bottom, left, right and between paragraphs! I'm sorry, but that is just far too many advertisements, it feels like the magazine scene in National Lampoons:
And the whole new thing with the GDPR-esq popups that only give you the option to 'Accept', can also get ******, along with the messages about "We have detected an Ad blocker" pleas - if I see either, than I'll just go elsewhere.
These days online advertisements are far too intrusive, they often are the last thing to load, meaning websites take longer to load - they take up far too much screen real estate too; some sites often have them top, bottom, left, right and between paragraphs! I'm sorry, but that is just far too many advertisements, it feels like the magazine scene in National Lampoons:
And the whole new thing with the GDPR-esq popups that only give you the option to 'Accept', can also get ******, along with the messages about "We have detected an Ad blocker" pleas - if I see either, than I'll just go elsewhere.
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Never found AVForums adverts to be that horrible at least.
I use Brave for PC and Android. Its fantastic and uses the Chromium engine - it looks and feels just like Chrome but had ad blocking and SSL upgrades built in. You'll soon be allowed to be paid for viewing Ads.
I've been using adblock+ for years.
I have it turned off on a few sites where I both trust their advertising system, and use them often enough that I want to support them.
I hate the clutter and distraction of so many adverts, as pretty much everyone seems to say, the advertising industry did itself no favours with it's behaviour and style of adverts, I think I started using blockers because of adverts that:
Were noisy
Flash based CPU hogs (there was one for Matrix online that used to run on gaming sites, it used 100% of CPU resources as it was that badly coded).
Adverting agencies/providers who accepted any adverts with no checks, leading to all those lovely malware infestations (great if you made money from cleaning up after them, bad for everyone else).
One of the few sites I always have the block turned off on only accepts adverts direct from a couple of major companies in the area related to the site (DVD related) and has a strict policy on them.
I have it turned off on a few sites where I both trust their advertising system, and use them often enough that I want to support them.
I hate the clutter and distraction of so many adverts, as pretty much everyone seems to say, the advertising industry did itself no favours with it's behaviour and style of adverts, I think I started using blockers because of adverts that:
Were noisy
Flash based CPU hogs (there was one for Matrix online that used to run on gaming sites, it used 100% of CPU resources as it was that badly coded).
Adverting agencies/providers who accepted any adverts with no checks, leading to all those lovely malware infestations (great if you made money from cleaning up after them, bad for everyone else).
One of the few sites I always have the block turned off on only accepts adverts direct from a couple of major companies in the area related to the site (DVD related) and has a strict policy on them.
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The ones that don't have a "Reject All" so you have to go and uncheck about 173 different providers are awful. You think you have unchecked everything but looking into "show providers" reveals that lots are still left enabled, sneaky buggers!
I think Brave by default won't allow any of those anyhow and I think disabling scripts is the only way to stop those things?
https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/
Check out this extension. It automatically accepts pretty much all of the silly cookie consent forms so you never see them. It's awesome
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What I think of such practices starts with an “s” and ends in “hit”.
Same here, although I whitelist a lot of sites which I think deserve to earn money from adverts based on the quality of their content but anything which has "auto-play" videos gets permanently locked out regardless of how much like the site as they are a cancer to the web!
YouTube Red removes all adverts on YouTube, whether that's on mobile, desktop, or YouTube apps on TV/BluRay player. I have found that uBlock Origin will block them in the Android Firefox browser but I prefer the native YouTube app experience.