topic Re: Adblocker Plus: go or no go ! in Community Chat

Adblocker Plus: go or no go !

jlkz — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 14:04:28 GMT

Recently when trying to read articles on Google, I am getting so many ads that let one sentence of my article appear at a time. This is new for my iPad.

Reading the reviews for Adblocker +......any tho

Re: Adblocker Plus: go or no go !

Marp — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 14:18:01 GMT

I can't attest to Adblocker+ or how effective any ad blocking app is for iPad but IMO even the worst ad blocker is better than no ad blocker.

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Still Raining — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 14:24:21 GMT

There is an ad tracker under Privacy that can be turned and cleared at will. Is that on? If so, then I got nothing.

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KingstonsMom — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 14:35:16 GMT

@jlkz

I've been running the free version of AdBlock+ for several years and I would'nt be without without it!

I get ZERO pop-ups or ads on ANY website I visit!

SInce it's free, it costs you nothing to download it and see the results for yourself!

I'm willing to bet that you love it as much as I and many, many other users do!

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pieman — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 14:51:35 GMT

I have it and love it!

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JanetsGirl — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 15:22:28 GMT

You did not state which browser you are using. You state that you have an ipad. Are you using Safari? If so, go to Safari upper left corner, then click on Preferences. Then go to the Websites icon. On the left side, look for Pop-up windows. Then look for Google and then choose Block or Block and Notify. Hope that helps!

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CelticCrafter — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 15:26:06 GMT

I have the free version on my laptop. I never thought to try to put it on my tablet.

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jlkz — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 16:26:39 GMT

@JanetsGirl

Went to settings/ Safari and no " Preferences " to click on. There was a line " Block PopUps " and it was already on.

Don't know where else to go.

When I read the one review, it mentioned that the person had a complicated prep before they could use the app. It stopped me from proceeding.

Re: Adblocker Plus: go or no go !

JanetsGirl — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 16:30:53 GMT

Open Safari.

Then, with Safari open, in the upper left corner, click on "Safari."

Drop down menu - choose "Preferences."

Then choose Websites icon.

Then on left side choose Pop up Windows.

Good luck!

Re: Adblocker Plus: go or no go !

chickenbutt — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 19:02:58 GMT

I, too, have liked AdBLock Plus for many years. I don't have any complaints at all.

My only issue, that is not anything bad about them, is that when you go to many sites they put up a huge window admonishing you for using an adblocker and telling you that you must allow ads if you want to be there.

Consequently, I just leave the site. I don't need to be on ANY site bad enough to get a bunch of ads and spyware, etc.

Re: Adblocker Plus: go or no go !

JanetsGirl — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 19:13:21 GMT

The comments I made above apply to a Mac, so maybe they do not work for your iPad. For an iPad, go to Settings, click on Safari, and toggle off the pop up option. Then, also hit the Clear History button because pop ups may already be in your cache so that just toggling off new ads will not get rid of the pop ups existing in your cache. Sorry for any confusion and I hope this helps!

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dooBdoo — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 19:35:26 GMT

@jlkz wrote:
@JanetsGirl

Went to settings/ Safari and no " Preferences " to click on. There was a line " Block PopUps " and it was already on.

Don't know where else to go.

When I read the one review, it mentioned that the person had a complicated prep before they could use the app. It stopped me from proceeding.

@jlkz, While it's a good idea to enable "Block-Pop-ups" with mobile Safari, it's only marginally effective.

If you're referring to the "Adblock Plus for Safari" app, I'm not sure why a reviewer reported complications. I found it easy to install and try out the app.

Just download it from the App Store, then go into

Settings-->Safari-->Content Blockers

and enable Adblock Plus.

Then you're all set to use Safari as you normally do, and see what you think.

I think it works nicely... but if you don't like it, all you have to do is delete the app (or disable it if you want to keep it for some reason) and you'll be back to Safari as it looked before.

Re: Adblocker Plus: go or no go !

geezerette — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 19:51:26 GMT

@dooBdoo wrote:
@jlkz wrote:
@JanetsGirl

Went to settings/ Safari and no " Preferences " to click on. There was a line " Block PopUps " and it was already on.

Don't know where else to go.

When I read the one review, it mentioned that the person had a complicated prep before they could use the app. It stopped me from proceeding.

@jlkz, While it's a good idea to enable "Block-Pop-ups" with mobile Safari, it's only marginally effective.

If you're referring to the "Adblock Plus for Safari" app, I'm not sure why a reviewer reported complications. I found it easy to install and try out the app.
Just download it from the App Store, then go into
Settings-->Safari-->Content Blockers
and enable Adblock Plus.
Then you're all set to use Safari as you normally do, and see what you think.
I think it works nicely... but if you don't like it, all you have to do is delete the app (or disable it if you want to keep it for some reason) and you'll be back to Safari as it looked before.

@jlkz

@dooBdoo is right, as usual. Although she's an expert in this area, I'm certainly not. If I can use it, anyone can! I downloaded the app, enabled it, and it does its own thing on its own.

The only time I have to do anything with it is sometimes when I go to a free site it wants me to disable the AdBlocker, which you can do easily for various sites if you want/need. Otherwise I never even remember I have it.

Easy peasy. Not complicated at all. No problems. Works fine.

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Spurt — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 20:48:25 GMT

I am also an Ad Block product user and it works great.....

As @chickenbutt said, you get scolded by sites that implore you to remove the Ad Blocker, but I just laugh and move on....and it makes you wonder what kind of ads do they have that make them MUST SEE....gives one cause to pause that without Ad blocker we'd be bombarded with ads, spyware and spam in our email..............

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Nuttmeg — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 01:22:32 GMT

@chickenbutt wrote:
I, too, have liked AdBLock Plus for many years. I don't have any complaints at all.

My only issue, that is not anything bad about them, is that when you go to many sites they put up a huge window admonishing you for using an adblocker and telling you that you must allow ads if you want to be there.

Consequently, I just leave the site. I don't need to be on ANY site bad enough to get a bunch of ads and spyware, etc.

@chickenbutt

Yes, you are stopping the site from showing an ad. I find another way to view the content or I don't see the story.