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>A story at the Hill took over nine seconds to load The Hill is what finally pushed me to install an ad blocker. Before that it didn't bother me too much to ge
by ineedasername 4y ago
>A story at the Hill took over nine seconds to load
The Hill is what finally pushed me to install an ad blocker. Before that it didn't bother me too much to get served ads etc that I filtered out of my awareness anyway, but The Hill was unusable.
So, I installed an ad blocker and immediately realized how negligent I had been-- in terms of quality of web browsing experience-- in not doing so earlier. The Hill loaded near instantly. Massive improvements all around on other sites as well. As in the article, It felt similar to upgrading from dialup to a Cable modem.
Unfortunately it seems sites have upped their game in adblocker arms races and the gains I achieved when I first installed it are incrementally being chipped away as things become ever so slightly slower, tick.. tick.. tick... tick... As time goes by.
Suggestions? Is there something more I can do? Besides simply disabling JavaScript which breaks many site from usability.
- PaulDavisThe1st 4y agoInstall the Steven Black hosts.txt or equivalent. Possibly tailor to your own needs (e.g. I allow Twitter, but absolutely no other social media site).
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- Cyberdog 4y agoFor what it's worth, AdGuard still seems to be holding its own against ad blocker blockers. Unlike other blockers, AdGuard is a paid service, but well worth it in my opinion and I'd recommend it in an instant. The only place where AdGuard has been failing recently is blocking Twitch ads, unfortunately.
- ineedasername 4y agoI really don't like paid services, not the cost but the mental friction and the fact that you can easily accumulate so many of them... Anyway, I'll at least check them out during the trial they offer to see how much of an improvement it is over UblockOrigin.