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Good. Although I prefer Ghostery. The main thing for me isn't even blocking ads as such. The main thing is blocking the absurd amount of crappy javascript that

Good. Although I prefer Ghostery. The main thing for me isn't even blocking ads as such. The main thing is blocking the absurd amount of crappy javascript that clogs up my browser, in which I have no interest. I find the unfiltered web insufferable these days.

uxp 11y ago
I used to love Ghostery, until I learned that their business model is to resell your browsing habits and profile back to advertisers. If you want a suggestion for an alternative, I really don't have one. I'm currently using µBlock, which isn't bad, but requires a bit more setup than Ghostery. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UBlock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UBlock
- aroch 11y ago
  >until I learned that their business model is to resell your browsing habits and profile back to advertisers. ...If you voluntarily opt into that program (Ghostrank), after reading the straight-forward description. I don't understand why people find their business model so abhorrent when its entirely opt-in and they don't weasel around what ghostrank does. Surely you must find every service on the internet that you use for free, particularly Google, to be horrible as well?
  - d_theorist 11y ago
    Yes. I have no problem with their model. They are completely open about it and it does me no harm. Ghostery does exactly what I need.
- Kenji 11y ago
  I also use µBlock. It made me realize what a huge crapload of JavaScript the websites include. On most sites, you can have like 70% of the external-domain content blocked and the site keeps working as intended. Hackernews is beautiful in that regard, literally just stuff from ycombinator.com and news.ycombinator.com. I love this simplicity.
  - d_theorist 11y ago
    Yes. It is refreshing - and sadly rare - to see Ghostery tell me 'No trackers found'.
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- andreasvc 11y ago
  disconnect.me is an alternative. That in combination with a hosts file works very well for me; especially because it uses much less memory compared to adblock.
- andypants 11y ago
  > their business model is to resell your browsing habits. This is what the ghostery options screen says about the data they (optionally) track: > This data is about tracking elements and the webpages on which they are found, not you or your browsing habits.
profinger 11y ago
It's like TV without a DVR. It's like "People actually SIT THROUGH THIS SHIT?"

uxp 11y ago

I used to love Ghostery, until I learned that their business model is to resell your browsing habits and profile back to advertisers. If you want a suggestion for an alternative, I really don't have one. I'm currently using µBlock, which isn't bad, but requires a bit more setup than Ghostery. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UBlock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UBlock

aroch 11y ago
>until I learned that their business model is to resell your browsing habits and profile back to advertisers. ...If you voluntarily opt into that program (Ghostrank), after reading the straight-forward description. I don't understand why people find their business model so abhorrent when its entirely opt-in and they don't weasel around what ghostrank does. Surely you must find every service on the internet that you use for free, particularly Google, to be horrible as well?
- d_theorist 11y ago
  Yes. I have no problem with their model. They are completely open about it and it does me no harm. Ghostery does exactly what I need.
Kenji 11y ago
I also use µBlock. It made me realize what a huge crapload of JavaScript the websites include. On most sites, you can have like 70% of the external-domain content blocked and the site keeps working as intended. Hackernews is beautiful in that regard, literally just stuff from ycombinator.com and news.ycombinator.com. I love this simplicity.
- d_theorist 11y ago
  Yes. It is refreshing - and sadly rare - to see Ghostery tell me 'No trackers found'.
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andreasvc 11y ago
disconnect.me is an alternative. That in combination with a hosts file works very well for me; especially because it uses much less memory compared to adblock.
andypants 11y ago
> their business model is to resell your browsing habits. This is what the ghostery options screen says about the data they (optionally) track: > This data is about tracking elements and the webpages on which they are found, not you or your browsing habits.

profinger 11y ago

It's like TV without a DVR. It's like "People actually SIT THROUGH THIS SHIT?"