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by mnkyprskbd23 hours ago |
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upvoteby m0llusk23 hours ago|
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When sites show me a bunch of ads and slow my machine with tracking then I just close the window. They don't want me to read their articles anyway. When a company shows you who they are ...
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upvoteby Terr_12 hours ago|
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Except the same sites also attempt (with varying levels of effort and success) to punish users for it. None of them have an official stance of "if you want to control your bandwidth that's fine."

So when it comes to this bloat, publishers bear both fault and the responsibility to fix the problem. The viewer bears neither.

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upvoteby viccis19 hours ago|
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Yeah, regular and even respected media outlets are basically giving you the 2005 porn pirating site experience.
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upvoteby busymom023 hours ago|
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*without
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upvoteby mnkyprskbd23 hours ago|
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Yes, I just can't imagine why would one browser the internet without adblock.
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upvoteby qmr12 hours ago|
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Victim blaming.
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upvoteby stodor899 hours ago|
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Well, he's right in the context of HN audience. But normies are people too, and so are children, and so are 90-year-old grandmas who want to stay in touch with younger family members. If we don't push back against the brainrot, it may very well run our society into the ground.
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upvoteby hackable_sand21 hours ago|
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It's not
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upvoteby weird-eye-issue21 hours ago|
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Not on mobile

I used to use NextDNS a lot but some things would get messed up so I'd have to sometimes disable it and then I got lazy and just have kept it off for like a year

On Android is there a better solution when using Chrome?

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upvoteby CarVac21 hours ago|
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Not using Chrome. Mobile Firefox has adblocking on Android.
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upvoteby hedora17 hours ago|
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On iOS, you can use Orion by Kagi, which is webkit-based, but supports Firefox plugins. UBlock Origin for Firefox works well there too.
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upvoteby stodor899 hours ago|
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Or Brave. Or AdGuard.
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upvoteby Marsymars19 hours ago|
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uBlock Origin Lite is probably the best option, but in my experience mobile adblocking goes Firefox (with uBlock Origin) > Safari (with 1Blocker) > Chrome (with uBlock Origin Lite).

edit: Erp, actually, it seems mobile Chrome doesn't have extension support. I only actually use Chrome on a Chromebook, I assumed Android was comparable.

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upvoteby jemmyw20 hours ago|
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Almost any other browser. I've used Firefox and Brave on Android with adblocking
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upvoteby rahidz20 hours ago|
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yeah I got a lifetime license for Adguard (no affiliation) & been using that for three years now - it's been great.
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upvoteby Markoff14 hours ago|
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Firefox supports extensions (uBlock Origin, Video Background Play Fix - these two are enough for me)

most of the browsers have built-in adblockers, but I would suggest to stay way from browsers not supporting extensions

other browsers with (limited) extension support on Android - Edge (MS), Yandex (RU), Quetta (CN), Kiwi browser (discontinued, I used this, then switched to IceRaven FF fork, the UI still ain't as good, but at least it's developed)

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