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Re: Adverts ruined YouTube... but they seem to be defeatable?
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2021 12:53 pm
by bayswater
Jurjen wrote: ↑Fri Jan 08, 2021 12:48 pm
Sorry for reviving this old topic, but FireFox and Chrome can install Ad Block Plus. With it, it blocks all evil that Youtube tries to show you.
So can Safari. And Edge, and Opera.
Re: Adverts ruined YouTube... but they seem to be defeatable?
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2021 6:11 am
by FMiguelez
Ad Blocker is working great for me for YouTube, but ONLY in Chrome. If I use Safari, the videos just won't load (which is the reason I don't use Safari anymore; also, Chrome opens and loads much faster).
The one thing Ad Blocker doesn't seem able to touch is god damned Facebook... I hadn't logged in to FB for years, and now I'm starting to remember why that was. As of now, in my newsfeed I get one ad per two friend's posts. The other day I made the mistake of ordering Walmart stuff online, and now all my Facebook ads are Walmart "deals" and stupid price lists.
Anyone knows of an ad blocker for Facebook that actually works?
Re: Adverts ruined YouTube... but they seem to be defeatable?
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2021 7:36 am
by bayswater
FMiguelez wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 6:11 am
Anyone knows of an ad blocker for Facebook that actually works?
Little Snitch?
Re: Adverts ruined YouTube... but they seem to be defeatable?
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2021 7:59 am
by Jurjen
FMiguelez wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 6:11 am
Anyone knows of an ad blocker for Facebook that actually works?
I see sponsored posts (not sure if different from the ads you see), but not every two posts. I'm on Firefox with ABP.
Re: Adverts ruined YouTube... but they seem to be defeatable?
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:22 am
by cuttime
FMiguelez wrote:
Anyone knows of an ad blocker for Facebook that actually works?
I've moved on to Firefox, which is very clunky, but I'm convinced that it has the best built-in security of them all. Also the best amount of high quality extensions. I use it with uBlock Origin and suffer none of the complaints you mention. I think I found one financial site that didn't want to cooperate with Firefox. There is also Brave, which you may want to try. It has built-in ad blocking and an interesting cyptocurrency ad model. It's based on the Chromium engine. I have used it from time to time and can assure you it is safe (that is, if you want to take my word for it.)