Not really need to run at the background.AdGuard was another one I tried but it seemed weird that it needed to keep running in the background. It definitely blocked all the ads, etc. but performance was not what I was used to with Edge (even on Windows).
AdBlock seems to be pretty lightweight and gets the job done so I will likely stick with that for a while. I say that as I am typing this on Edge though... 😂
Walmart suddenly started advertising M1 Airs at $699 and as an impulse I bought one. The experience was good - showed up in two days in a brand new Apple box. I didn't need it yet because I am still using my favorite 2017 non-retina MBA but it is very old and a little rickety.
Anyway, I set up my first new Mac in years, getting the basic install loaded, then moved to Safari to download some new versions of old apps that I used. Then tried a little surfing...
Criminy!!! I dropped by Macworld to see if anything was new and got gobsmacked by what came up. I have used Ghostery or Disconnect for years and forgot about them, turning them off for sites that I want to support and who have a decent ad presentation format.
But now I was running barefoot, so to speak, and instantly my brand new super sharp screen was inundated with popups, blaring video, moving banners, windows that would move with scrolling to stay in your face, windows with no apparent X to get out of, etc. Did I mention blaring video? And even blaring video with popups in the video? It made the entire site worthless. I could barely view the content.
Then some more investigation. Places like CNN and ABC news were unusable.
Then I remembered why I used ad blockers, but certainly don't remember the situation being this bad. My wonder is if the site owners ever look at their raw feeds to the public and know what is happening.
Anyway, a new load of Ghostery was installed posthaste.
Wow.....
This is, at least partly, what Gemini hopes to accomplish. It's nice to have a distraction-free alternative, but it is, of course, lacking a lot of content.
The cynic in me wonders whether Google gave its chatbot the same name in an attempt to bury it...
100% Agree with this.
AdBlock on Chrome makes the internet useable — one of those small apps that I happily pay for as it makes my digital life better.
It even works on YouTube…
If I could only replicate the experience on iOS. I just about never use my iPhone for browsing — unless I genuinely have to. The experience is just such a cluster**** of juggling wiggling, flashing frames within frames.
How anyone manages to actually make sense of the content is beyond me.
Modern life, eh?
If web sites and the ad platforms they use had shown even a modicum of restraint or common sense with regard to the volume, placement, and data requirements of served ads over the years, I don’t think we would be having this conversation. Even web sites I would otherwise support sooner or later blow it by splashing some obnoxious ad in the middle of what I’m trying to read.Would any of you who hate ads so much be willing to make a monthly donation to the websites you use most to help support them? Because they're not free to run. There's hosting fees, salaries for the writers, editors, cloud storage fees, and it costs money to do things like SEO and analytics, etc. It adds up to a lot.
I can't bring myself to use an ad blocker. It makes me feel like I'm stealing from web developers who provide a service for free.
Would any of you who hate ads so much be willing to make a monthly donation to the websites you use most to help support them? Because they're not free to run. There's hosting fees, salaries for the writers, editors, cloud storage fees, and it costs money to do things like SEO and analytics, etc. It adds up to a lot.
Yeah, it was always headed back around to this. The paywall used to be newsstands, bookstores, or tax funded libraries. It was always an illusion that media production and publication was free - it was never free; the cost was merely deferred and pushed around until the last sucker ended up holding the bag, and that enterprise collapsed. As @dannyyankou pointed out "Sports Illustrated, Vice, Buzzfeed News, and Deadspin among others." And I'll add DP Review (for which Miracle Max (Gear Patrol) swooped in).The more people that run ad blockers, the more likely your favorite sites are going to end up behind a paywall. Good content sites require a lot of revenue to operate.
Currently, I do pay for Macrumours and Ars Technica. I am also subscribed to Stratechery, AboveAvalon and Macstories. In the latter, I value the insight that the writers provide and feel they provide content that is sufficiently differentiated from what I find on more mainstream tech blogs such as TheVerge. For Macrumours, it's really the community.Would any of you who hate ads so much be willing to make a monthly donation to the websites you use most to help support them? Because they're not free to run. There's hosting fees, salaries for the writers, editors, cloud storage fees, and it costs money to do things like SEO and analytics, etc. It adds up to a lot.
Note the answer to, "Is Brave Open Source?"I’ll stick with Mozilla-based browsers for my own stuff
If they do that. people will not returnThe more people that run ad blockers, the more likely your favorite sites are going to end up behind a paywall. Good content sites require a lot of revenue to operate.
They have no issue taking your data and selling it. I have no issue to use ad blockers, and don’t feel sorry for one bit. When they blast us with ads, cookie pop ups, etc I refuse to see adsI can't bring myself to use an ad blocker. It makes me feel like I'm stealing from web developers who provide a service for free.
Exactly, so I block all ad's. Far too much of a one way street with companies these days so is the only reasonable solution...They have no issue taking your data and selling it. I have no issue to use ad blockers, and don’t feel sorry for one bit. When they blast us with ads, cookie pop ups, etc I refuse to see ads
I do subscribe to the sites I find useful and give me that option.Would any of you who hate ads so much be willing to make a monthly donation to the websites you use most to help support them? Because they're not free to run. There's hosting fees, salaries for the writers, editors, cloud storage fees, and it costs money to do things like SEO and analytics, etc. It adds up to a lot.
100%!Worst are these auto play videos in a small window while you just try to read an article
I had been using Vinegar, but EweTube figured out a way around it (for me); hmmm. Am now using SwizzTube (from the App Store, free) but it has some irritations.I've been using Safari with the Adguard and Vinegar for Youtube, no ads in sight.