Advice needed

[postman]

I am fed up of ads coming on the computer on everything i look at.Mainly the newspapers.
So i am asking about free ad blockers that you lot use,if you do.Can you mention a few.Are they safe and easy to download.Because i am not sure what i am doing.

 

[Salar]

I have used Adblock Plus for years. Easy to download and use.

 

[Slioch]

Ghostery is another good one.

 

[tyred]

Is there not one built into your browser if you look in the settings? I use Opera and all ads are blocked. This is a feature in the broswer which can be turned on or off. Sometimes sites will ask me to disable the ad blocker (which means I don't use that site).

 

[Dirk]

Adblock +
Used it for years.

 

[Ian H]

However, some websites will ask you to switch off your ad-blocker in order to view their content. Which is fair enough if you're using their free service.

 

[Edwardoka]

I use the Ublock Origin addon in Firefox, combined with Firefox's inbuilt tracking protection.

Every time I have to browse the web without a blocker I find it more clunky, slow and unusable than the last.
How any business model based on tracking and advertising manages to still make money, I'm not sure.

 

[Gunk]

Adblock +
Used it for years.

This

 

[HMS_Dave]

Another vote for adblock plus on Chrome. You can have it installed in about a minute.

 

[LonesomeWanderer]

Adblock Plus pretty much fell out of favour a few years ago when it turned out they were letting certain ads through if the advertising company paid them. uBlock origin is the go-to now...

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Adblock plus on Chrome here

Until I read this thread just now I'd forgotten I had it switched on. Must be a busy wee bee working away in the background and I just don't notice