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i dont have an ad blocker but have thought about getting one. has anyone used one and if so would you recommend it?
...and be sure to use the Fanboy lists; all three of them.
Was using his adblock, but didn't know about the other two. Thanks!
Using all the lists should eliminate the need for Ghostery. I still have Ghostery installed, but may try disabling it for a bit to see how it goes. I do like seeing how many trackers get blocked though. It's a barometer for individual sites, and the web in general.
Not a lot that can be added, except that while there is an AdBlock Plus for Chrome, it's a somewhat neutered version compared to the Firefox version, just because of the limitations of Chrome's extension system.
I would also recommend something like NoScript. There's a NotScript for Chrome, which is a somewhat lesser version of NoScript... Again based on limitations of Chrome's extension system. NoScript goes an extra step further and blocks scripts on websites by default. Once you have NoScript installed, and you have to start manually whitelisting sites, you'll be amazed at how many different sites are supplying content to whatever site you're on. Anandtech is a bit light with only three. It's not uncommon for sites to have content drawn from 10+ external sources.
Problem with noscript is that some sites with many external sources don't tell the browser/noscript what sites are needed in advance (loaded on demand) and you'll have to keep allowing and reloaded and repeating until you get all you need (and either having to remember what sites to load in the future or put them on the whitelist). One site that does this is THG.
I didn't even know youtube had commercials in their videos until I tried browsing it on someone else's computer without adblock.
You kidding? I consider them essential. It's not even so much for blocking ads per se. It's to block tracking, and the occasional /malicious/ ads adservers sometimes serve up. You want Adblock+, and be sure to use the Fanboy lists; all three of them. Also use BetterPrivacy. That gets rid of Flash cookies which aren't easily handled within the browser.
It works with Adblock+ on Chromium for me. I'm not familiar with other ad blocking programs for desktop systems. I started with Adblock+, and saw no reason to change.Theres no fanboy list for chrome is there? I only see easy list + easyprivacy. I guess I could enter it manually but I worry it might break something. I'm using regular adblock