I have been using AdBlock as an extension in Chrome for many years but someone advised me to switch to uBlock Origin Lite the other day.

Quite impressed with it.

It blocks YouTube ads very nicely whereas AdBlock was not filtering out those annoying brief ads that pop up every now and then.

Captain Nemo wrote on Aug 24^th, 2024 at 4:32pm:

I have been using AdBlock as an extension in Chrome for many years but someone advised me to switch to uBlock Origin Lite the other day. Quite impressed with it. It blocks YouTube ads very nicely whereas AdBlock was not filtering out those annoying brief ads that pop up every now and then.

Dunno - I use AdBlocker Ultimate - it works OK.

Some web pages have over 100 adverts that it blocks.

I use Opera which blocks ads by default. Sometimes sites refuse me, and I use Firefox instead. Not a big hassle.

To be honest, we have a choice between an internet of "registration only", or corporate sites who effectively advertise for themselves, OR small fry sites which are just trying to get enough hits to some day be commercial.

I'm quite happy to have most sites funded by advertising. Happy shoppers are subsidizing mean old fundamentalists like myself.

Running a website takes money (or skilled hours which are equivalent to money.) I dodge advertising when possible, but take it on the chin when I must. Without advertising the internet would be a much smaller place.

Aurora Complexus wrote on Sep 26^th, 2024 at 8:52pm:

Without advertising the internet would be a much smaller place.

I remember it well and I miss it.

Setanta wrote on Sep 26^th, 2024 at 9:06pm:

Aurora Complexus wrote on Sep 26th, 2024 at 8:52pm: Without advertising the internet would be a much smaller place. I remember it well and I miss it.

Well me too, but it had to happen.

Imagine the billion idiots all crammed into AARPANET. The internet HAD to expand, and now the idiots who just want to buy something, are distracted from "the serious stuff."

The internet is not perfect, but I'm suspicious of anyone who wants it to be perfect. They want LESS of something, but the beauty and the future of the internet is in providing EVER MORE.