AdBlock. It's the main reason I primarily use Atomic Browser on iOS. Ads on mobile are just ridiculous.
Poll: Do you use an adblocker?
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#12I also use dnsmasq as a DNS aggregator and filter. I also have a number of domains (doubleclick, tynt, adbrite, tribalfusion and some others) set to have an IP address of 127.0.0.1.
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#14I 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.
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#15Nope, never have. I have 99 problems but an ad ain't one.
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#16kinda, all browser plugins blocked with click-to-play in chrome, which hides most of the annoying flash banners
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#17Ghostery, Disconnect, FlashBlock, AdBlock, and in some browser profile: NoScript & RequestPolicy. I whitelist trusted sites.
The online ad ecosystem is out of control with surveillance: data collection, tracking, device fingerprinting, aggregation, de-anonymization, etc. (and data volumes).
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#18I block almost everything. Before I switched to DuckDuckGo I even used Opera's "user css" feature to block the promoted links on Google.
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#19I wonder if people who use adblocker are more likely to answer this poll than those who do not use adblocker. I guess we can't control for that, but I feel like it might have some bearing.
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#20Banner ads pay my salary, so out of professional courtesy, no.
It's very easy to voluntarily blind yourself to ads. Plus, if I see something egregious on my employer's site, I can let them know.
I use Ghostery to see who's buying data from whom.