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Share on Facebook Tweet this Share If you’ve decided once and for all that you can’t stand another video pre-roll commercial or flashing and blinking ad on the side of the article you’re reading, it may be time to install an ad blocker. Docker for mac crashing. But which one? There are plenty of apps and that, so we dug through them all to pick out the best ad blockers for Chrome. It’s important to note, when you install an ad blocker, that many of the world’s free websites, Digital Trends included, rely on advertising revenue to operate. If you want your favorite sites to continue working as you see them now, make sure to whitelist the ones you love. As one of the most widely used ad blockers in the world, we would be remiss if we didn’t at least give a passing mention to Adblock.
Download Adblock Plus for Chrome free. Blocks all annoying ads on the web: video ads, Facebook ads, banners and more. Outlook for mac opens but can't press any buttons for an hour.
With its very on-the-nose name and long-running availability, it’s often what people turn to when they consider blocking adverts online today. The AdBlock extension for Chrome works automatically, blocking ads on static web pages and online video sites like YouTube. It also lets you set up whitelists of sites and ad types to allow through the filter if you so choose.
Through its filter list subscription system, you can customize your web browsing experience so that only ads you like are shown, or untick everything and have just about everything blocked. You can even have the app remove other web-page aspects you find distasteful, like social networking links, and protect yourself against some potential malware attacks. Adblock does participate in the “Acceptable Ads” initiative, so there are ads it allows through (if you choose) that meet certain requirements. AdBlock is also known to a be little resource heavy, especially if you like to have a lot of tabs open at one time, and there have been some claims of it not blocking YouTube ads particularly well. Finally, AdBlock receives very regular updates that help the software keep up with all the latest internet ad delivery methods, which is always important for good ad-blocking programs.
AdBlock Plus is the original granddaddy app for blocking ads online and it’s still just as popular today as it was when it first took the web by storm. Combining blocking technology that takes out banner ads video pre-roll ads, social networking ads, and popups, it offers a comprehensive ad-blocking service to all who install its Chrome extension. With an easy-to-navigate interface and customizable filter list, you can decide exactly what ads you want to see and which ones you never want to see again. Its whitelisting function lets you make sure your favorite sites still display ads so they can continue to operate and if you allow acceptable ads you can let a few through automatically to help sites that stick to the rules. Note that around five years ago, AdBlock Plus was accused of secretly offering to push ads through in exchange for under-the-table payments, which AdBlock Plus. The organization appears to make unique deals with larger organizations that may let some extra ads through. Entirely free and open source, UBlock Origin is another popular ad blocking extension for Google Chrome because it does a great job at blocking the ads without taxing your system in the process.