Poll: Do you use an adblocker? • Hacker News Board

Re: Poll: Do you use an adblocker?

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Post by Nate75Sanders » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 5:46 PM UTC

Ads, unless they're really huge/obnoxious/blinking/etc don't bother me as I don't even see them. I don't really see advertising when I'm outside walking around/driving/etc, either.

I've had people argue that I probably do actually see them and they're affecting me, but it's certainly not affecting my spending habits, as I don't really buy much of anything.

Re: Poll: Do you use an adblocker?

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Post by Sympta » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 5:47 PM UTC

I sometimes use FlashBlock so I can start/stop Flash as needed.

Otherwise I use a HOSTS file to block ads. Works great for Mac OSX as well as Windows 7.

Re: Poll: Do you use an adblocker?

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Post by kissickas » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 5:49 PM UTC

suprgeek wrote: post #14

I use a multi-drug cocktail against crapware: AdBlock+FlashBlock+NoScript+Ghostery After some training the web experience is Awesome. Browsing for anything other than a few minutes without these is impossible for me anymore.

May I ask why you use both FlashBlock and NoScript? I haven't looked too much into the former but it looks to me to just have a subset of the functionality of NoScript (which I do use).

Re: Poll: Do you use an adblocker?

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Post by fauigerzigerk » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 5:49 PM UTC

I'm using ghostery to block pretty much everything, but I'm not happy with that solution. Blocking all advertising isn't what I really want to do. Yes ads are annoying, but I consider them payment for the service.

What I cannot accept is ad networks, social networks and anlytics tools tracking me all across the internet. Unfortunately tracking, advertising and analytics are too intertwined to be more selective. At least I haven't found a way yet...

Re: Poll: Do you use an adblocker?

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Post by myared » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 5:49 PM UTC

I don't use ad blocking software because (1) I'm in marketing and (2) it's nice to know which companies are making moves.

I do opt out of Google's targeted advertising, and I definitely use Facebook Disconnect. All of my searches also originate from DDG, even if I throw a !g on the query every now and then.

Re: Poll: Do you use an adblocker?

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Post by Kylekramer » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 5:49 PM UTC

Used to be the first thing I install, but no more. There was a transition period where I would not install it but had a flashblock; my reasoning being that the flashblocker took away most of the really annoying ones. My new policy is a clean install. So many advantages: I rather like experiencing sites as intended (as well as supporting sites) rather than trying to force my will onto sites. I used to run into so many edge cases where the adblocker/flashblocker would break my experience. And if sites truly offend me with their ads, it is no skin off my nose. I just don't visit anymore.

Re: Poll: Do you use an adblocker?

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 5:51 PM UTC

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Re: Poll: Do you use an adblocker?

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Post by nlolks » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 5:51 PM UTC

Yep ... Good stuff. I also used AdMuncher. Just awesome and fast.

Re: Poll: Do you use an adblocker?

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Post by larrik » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 5:52 PM UTC

I don't use adblock, but if I'm loading a page and it is sitting there waiting for , I'll go and kill it in my hosts file.

I don't mind SEEING ads, but I am certainly not going to wait for them.

Re: Poll: Do you use an adblocker?

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Post by chokma » Wed, Dec 07, 2011, 5:52 PM UTC

Adblock Plus, NoScript, RequestPolicy - the latter also helps against privacy problems with Facebook-like buttons etc.