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Not a specific ad blocker, but: • I do most browsing in Firefox, with no Flash plug-in installed, and NoScript (with gradual whitelisting of individual sites a
by gojomo 14y ago
Not a specific ad blocker, but:
• I do most browsing in Firefox, with no Flash plug-in installed, and NoScript (with gradual whitelisting of individual sites as needed).
• For a few sites, or Flash, I switch to Chrome with its sandboxed and rapidly-patched Flash plug-in, and even there Flash is set 'click to enable' on all but a few sites (eg: YouTube).
So lots of ads don't appear.
I do this for security and performance, not out of any resentment of ads.
- josephlord 14y agoI voted Yes because I do about the same. Using NoScript basically blocks the ads although my intent is to control the scripts that get run and to reduce the extent to which I'm tracked across the web. If someone wants to show a static image or text ad on from their domain without too much tracking I will see it. I also switch to Chrome when Flash is required for exactly the same reason. Chrome also gets used for sites I really don't trust and especially don't want tracking me across the web, particularly LinkedIn and Facebook.