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CathyA

7-21-18, 9:49am

Geez......it's hard to even find information in a single/unbroken form anymore with all the danged commercials. Sometimes I think an article is over, then realize that it picks up about 4 ads down.
It's really ridiculous.

Tammy

7-21-18, 10:40am

Do you use an ad blocker?

CathyA

7-21-18, 12:34pm

Hmmm......I'm pretty ignorant of those things. Could you please tell me how to use it?
Thanks.

Tammy

7-21-18, 1:13pm

I know they exist and I know that we use them and I know that I don’t see very many ads. However I am not the tech person in our house who chose and installed them. I think someone like Allen should enter this thread and advise us ...

jp1

7-21-18, 3:21pm

CathyA

7-21-18, 5:45pm

Thanks jp1, I'll check that out.

SteveinMN

7-21-18, 8:27pm

Adblock is very good.

I use NoScript on Firefox, which is not an ad-blocker per se but, by default, does not allow to run the third-party code that displays ads or runs tracking software on a site. It's more granular than Adblock but I would say it is more involved to use, so I don't recommend it to folks who would rather "just switch it on and use it". ;)

ToomuchStuff

7-22-18, 4:27am

Adblock, Noscript, the Host file on a computer, these are all good things (as well as some better "firewall/nat" devices.
However when you want help, it would certainly be more beneficial if you actually provided useful information such as what device/software you actually use, because what I may use for one, may not work for another.
Or google (blocking ads from list your device).

SteveinMN

7-22-18, 9:05am

Or google (blocking ads from list your device).
Or, better yet, use a search engine that does not track you: DuckDuckGo (https://www.duckduckgo.com)

Great points in the rest of the post...

Sad Eyed Lady

7-22-18, 10:00am

Adblock plus is the one I use. This page explains how to install. Basically you just click the link for either firefox or chrome installation and then follow the prompts once you click the install button.

https://adblockplus.org/getting_started

Me too. I have used adblockplus for a long time and love not having to deal with so many ads and commercials.

spatula

8-21-18, 2:46pm

If you are on a smartphone you can download Firefox Focus. It's browser that blocks ads for you. My BF told me about it cause there's no ad block on iphones.

Tammy

8-23-18, 9:23am

1blockerX is an app that keeps all ads off my iPhone.