Poll: Do you use an adblocker?

#1

Post by gnosis » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 5:19 PM UTC

Do you use an adblocker?

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#2

Post by puzzler314 » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 5:29 PM UTC

I use NoScript -- not sure if that counts as an ad blocker (it blocks all JavaScript) but it definitely gets rid of ads.

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#3

Post by _delirium » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 5:30 PM UTC

"Sort of". I use Ghostery (http://www.ghostery.com/), but mainly use it to block 'like' buttons and various analytics/tracking services. I also block a few ad networks that are either consistently obnoxious or really slow-loading, but I don't use it mainly as an ad blocker.

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Post by Kadrith » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 5:30 PM UTC

I block things like third party cookies but don't block adds on sites that I frequent. However if I go to a new site the adds are blocked by default; if I find myself going back to the site I unblock it.

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Post by st3fan » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 5:31 PM UTC

I use AdBlock and Ghostery. Ghostery is super useful. It throws out so much crap that I am not interested in. On sites like techcrunch, engadget or thenextweb it usually cuts the number of requests in half.

Rant:

It is sure getting out of hand in a big way: it is not uncommon for tech news sites to send you 1.5 MB of crap surrounding a simple 200 word story.

I am getting so tired of that. Specially on mobile. My iPad has a 250 MB data limit, so with 10 pages like that I am already on 50% of my cap. Which is ridiculous.

Maybe it is time for some serious server-side proxy filtering. Like moving things like AdBlock and Ghostery to the server side?

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Post by denysonique » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 5:31 PM UTC

I only block Flash using FlashBlock for Chromium. Running Flash on every site is a high security risk.

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Post by noilly » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 5:33 PM UTC

By default, yes. Only whitelist sites that I support and aren't abusive with ads/tracking

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Post by Craiggybear » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 5:35 PM UTC

AdBlock and Ghostery.

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Post by Xurinos » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 5:35 PM UTC

AdBlock + NoScript. The web has been much more tolerable for a long time, thanks to these, and it is always amazing how much noise is on the page when I navigate with an alternate browser.

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#10

Post by cydonian_monk » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 5:36 PM UTC

No, because these days I do 99% of my web browsing on a tablet (iPad and altered NookColor) or mobile device (iPhone). While I could block some ads at my router at home, but the risk of false positives doesn't outweigh the benefits. And that wouldn't help when I'm not at home.