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Do you use an adblocker?

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Do you use an adblocker?

Simple question but do you use an adblocker when browsing the internet?

I personally use one including for TSR, much better to not have to deal with ads on websites and YouTube videos. I feel like most people use one these days but just wondering.

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Reply 1

Yes, I do.

Reply 2

Original post
by .Vvoid.
Yes, I do.


Good choice

Reply 3

Yes.

Reply 4

Without a fail :biggrin:

Reply 5

Wondering if more people now use an Adblocker as a result of the update.

Reply 6

Added a poll

Reply 7

Absolutely, better to not deal with ads and whatnot

Reply 8

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by Talkative Toad
Wondering if more people now use an Adblocker as a result of the update.


Yes

Reply 9

Fair choice, I do the same.

Reply 10

Yes.

Reply 11

Bumping this

Reply 12

I did, but it no longer works on Youtube unfortunately.

Reply 13

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by ICEcold_Stoic
I did, but it no longer works on Youtube unfortunately.

I believe there are adblockers being developed (and likely that are already available) that will work for YouTube. The battle against YouTube is on ... That said, while I use an adblocker (MalwareBytes Browser Guard) I disable it on YouTube as it causes some strange behaviour, including the 'skip ad' popup being blocked. Quite ironic if you ask me!

I'm probably not going to get a different adblocker for YouTube as I would rather wait for MalwareBytes to be fixed and not have to deal with setting up a new one. Lazy, I know.

Reply 14

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by Doomotron
I believe there are adblockers being developed (and likely that are already available) that will work for YouTube. The battle against YouTube is on ... That said, while I use an adblocker (MalwareBytes Browser Guard) I disable it on YouTube as it causes some strange behaviour, including the 'skip ad' popup being blocked. Quite ironic if you ask me!

I'm probably not going to get a different adblocker for YouTube as I would rather wait for MalwareBytes to be fixed and not have to deal with setting up a new one. Lazy, I know.

I'll have to delve into some alternatives when I get the chance then.

Reply 15

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by ICEcold_Stoic
I'll have to delve into some alternatives when I get the chance then.


There’s browsers like Opera and Brave that have a built-in Adblocker that blocks YouTube ads

Reply 16

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by Talkative Toad
There’s browsers like Opera and Brave that have a built-in Adblocker that blocks YouTube ads

I use Brave but that doesn't work either.

Reply 17

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by ICEcold_Stoic
I use Brave but that doesn't work either.

Probably since the update then, that’s why I’ve refused to update the app on my phone when I saw that Adblock wasn’t working properly on my iPad.

Reply 18

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by Talkative Toad
Probably since the update then, that’s why I’ve refused to update the app on my phone when I saw that Adblock wasn’t working properly on my iPad.

Ah well, I'll just have to look for some other alternative...

Reply 19

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by ICEcold_Stoic
Ah well, I'll just have to look for some other alternative...

Yeah I think that opera blocks YouTube ads but i can’t remember

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