![]() You’ll have to view our tutorial for that. I will include a method for hiding your ad blocker from sites like this which will allow you to continue to browse them, but it requires installing a certain Ad Blocker on a certain browser to work. (As soon as you do, you’ll instantly be reminded why you have one in the first place). Some will even go as far as to block your access to the website completely unless you shut off your ad blocker. One thing you’ll notice as soon as you start running Ad blockers, is that most major websites will now display a message on screen compelling you to whitelist their website lest they go out of business and stop being able to provide content. They can’t guarantee that they can keep your computer safe while continuing to run these ads, so a compelling argument can be made on both sides. They say that running Ad Blockers deprives them of the revenue they need to continue delivering “free content.” To me, that’s a non sequitur. You’ll need to learn how to use your ad blockers a little bit to make changes when necessary in order to continue browsing the web successfully.įinally there is the “moral grey area” argument that websites like to make. (There’s a third “nuclear option” which I’ll cover in the Adblock tutorial).Īnother thing to contend with is that some ad blockers do break certain websites (or elements of them). One is to run more than one Ad Blocker, another is to uncheck the “Show acceptable ads” option within the settings. Some Ad Blockers have deals with certain advertisers to show their ads regardless. If advertisers are still getting your data (which they’d get anyway) but you don’t have to see their ads, I consider this a win. Everything you do online is tracked by various organizations (literally everything). One is that some free Ad Blockers still report your browsing traffic to advertisers. You can’t always block that stuff (not without some serious effort) but you can stem the tide a little bit. If you’ve ever been browsing for a pair of shoes on Amazon, then hit your Facebook account only to see an ad for that same pair of shoes, you know what I’m talking about. However, it does open an attack vector to your computer, which is another reason you may want to block ads on websites.Īd Blockers can also block some of the tracking codes that websites use to track you from site to site. ![]() Now I’m not saying that every time you load a banner ad on a website you’re going to get spyware infection on your machine. ![]() If you’ve ever just browsed your normal everyday websites and ended up with a spyware infection on your computer, this is probably how it happened. Sometimes that code can contain malicious scripts, which, once loaded into your browser can infect your machine with malware. ![]() When an ad loads into your browser, it forces your browser to load small pieces of code called JavaScript. They block a lot of the banner ads on websites as well as ads on YouTube videos etc… Why should I use an Ad Blocker?īeyond the fact that ads tend to be super annoying, slow down your browsing, and get in the way of the content you’re searching for. Ad Blockers are quick and east to install. (I mainly focus on these two browsers since they are popular and open source). Ad Blockers are browser extensions that you can install into Chrome and Firefox.
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