Comment on How do I use uBlock to hide threads with certain urls?

Crackhappy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It does what the name suggests: it blocks ads on web pages leaving you with a lot cleaner interface. On some pages the change is purely cosmetic but others like YouTube are completely unusable without one. Why don’t just give it a shot and see by yourself. Look for the uBlock Origin extension for your browser and see how you like it. You can easily toggle it on and off and see how different sites look. It takes literally 30 seconds to install.

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  • Crackhappy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Thanks, Thorny Insight. I’ve never felt the need to install an ad blocker, but perhaps I should, just to see the internet the way everyone else does these days.

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    • ChairmanMeow@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Definitely do! uBlock Origin is the best one around, and it’s completely free. Even without configuring anything the defaults block 99% of annoying ads.

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      • meekah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I don’t think I’ve ever seen ads with ublock on Firefox. Just the reminders that I am using an ad block and whether I could turn it off, pretty please?

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  • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Thanks for taking the time to help a fellow user!

    Great explaination and straight to the point!

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• redcalcium@lemmy.institute ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Lucky you! Just install one right now and experience a less annoying, faster loading web!

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• TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Are you a bot, or a troll? Or just not understand English? Because it’s in the name.

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  • Crackhappy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Regrettably I am neither.

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    • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Hope this helps!

      Ad blocking or ad filtering is a software capability for blocking or altering online advertising in a web browser, an application or a network. This may be done using browser extensions or other methods.

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      • Crackhappy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        My original question was badly framed. I know what ad blockers are. I just don’t know why people use them.

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• pinchcramp@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Do you ever visit a website and feel like you have to put on a condom or else you get something nasty?

  That’s essentially what an ad blocker is.

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• thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  load ublock origin, then reload any website that had a lot of ads on it. huge difference

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