Posted on 08/11/2018 12:49:27 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I had an old Raspberry PI sitting around and set it up as a pi-hole last weekend.
Blocks all the ad servers, and they can’t even tell you are using it.
https://opensource.com/article/18/2/block-ads-raspberry-pi
I choose to keep my ad blocker, and that's that. I neither disable or whitelist.
If a story is truly earthshaking, it will appear on a more consumer-friendly source. If not, tootle-do.
Blocks all the ad servers, and they can’t even tell you are using it.
https://opensource.com/article/18/2/block-ads-raspberry-pi
I had one lying around, but you can get a Raspberry Pi for about $35.
I’ve been using Ad Blockers for years and recently have noticed a large increase in the number of sites that won’t let you access them with it.
Interesting...
Two things that torque me:
- websites like fox news with a video running at the top of every page. You page down past the video and it starts to run in a small side box. It’s annoying to have to close that box.
- telephone solicitors that spoof local numbers to get you to answer.
This is why I love FR. You can click a thread and never see a pop up. Yet when some one links to a source, and you click the link and are inundated with ads and pop-ups, you have no choice but to close the link and go back to the thread.
When that happens, we should click report abuse. We need to start alerting the moderators to start deleting threads that link to useless and unreadable sources.
There are always sites that will not force you to comply with their intrusive sh*t. And 100% of the time that is where I find what I need.
Bookmarked that link.
I will learn to work with Pi someday. Always something else.
A lot of FReepers have browsers and add-ons configured properly to avoid the problems you have.
Everything you need to know is in that link. You just flash a new operating system onto the existing PI SD card. A pi is just a small, cheap linux server.
I was nice and disabled my ad blocker on a website recently (don’t even recall which site).
My browser was hit with DOZENS of ads and junk. It took a while for them all to load, and of course, the browser was stalled until it finished.
I then re-blocked the website. It wasn’t worth the load of crap.
I have a thick magazine of Pi projects around here somewhere too.
So many interests, X resources, X time, non-understanding spouse factors.
I use AdBlock Plus and Ghostery both turned up full blast.
Another ‘blocker’ I find most useful is Reader View which takes the web site and turns it into very readable text while eliminating all the ads, autostart videos and other garbage that detracts from the web site. I really appreciate it. It is available is a browser plug-in.
Try it.
Try Reader View (browser plug-in) on that site. I just did and was able to read the entire article. No popups, no ads, just easy to read text. See reply number 34.
I have a TiVo Bolt and it still has skip for many cable channels. There are some channels it does not work on, however.
I seldom use my cable company’s On Demand because many of the providers’ TV shows/movies have as many ads as the original broadcast and the cable company disables fast forward.
It is bad enough to have to sit through commercials. They take up about 1/3 of each hour, leaving about 2/3 hour for actual programs.
I like to binge, so I let programs stack up on my TiVo.
Been using the Brave browser more often. it has ad-block built-in without actually blocking. It “absorbs” the ad content and never displayed it on the screen.
I use brave, so that won’t fly. Thanks for the post though.
I also detest those ‘mobile friendly’ websites that only open up additional contents as the user arrows down.
But, when the next set of data opens, the screen jumps around and it is difficult to find one’s last location. Some even post more ad junk between segments.
By that point I have usually close the webpage out of frustration.
I have Brave among my stable of browsers and you’re right; Reader View is not available. However you can request it be added.
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