AdBlock recommendations?

[OnlyOneKenobi]

Lately, I've been having trouble with ad blockers messing up on sites in Edge and Chrome. Plus, I'm dealing with YouTube buffering a lot, and it seems like ad blockers might be causing it, even when they're off for YouTube and I've got a premium sub. What ad blockers do you guys use for Chrome, Edge on Desktop and Safari on iOS?

 

[Scooby_Doo]

Try Brave browser, its all built in.

 

[BBSA]

I use Controld because it blocks ads at the DNS level.

 

[Scary_Turtle]

Ublock origin is all you need.

 

[backstreetboy]

Controld with 1blocker as backup on Safari and Windscribe on Chrome / edge etc.

 

[ponder]

Ublock origin is all you need.

and sponsorblock

 

[Mirai]

Vinegar on iOS/iPadOS/MacOS.

 

[Arthur]

I use the built-in cerebral ad blocker. Works with all browsers. Haven't seen an ad in years.

 

[pieter_]

Works.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

adblockplus on Firefox, not sure if its cutting the mustard anymore.
want to stay on Firefox, what else worth a shot for Ad blocking.

 

[deweyzeph]

I block ads at a network level by using Adguard Home. It runs in a docker container on my Synology NAS. All devices on my network are set to use it as their DNS server via DHCP. And then on my Mikrotik router I've 2 D-NAT rules to force any client trying to use another DNS server to use this DNS server making it difficult to bypass.

 

[pieter_]

adblockplus on Firefox, not sure if its cutting the mustard anymore.
want to stay on Firefox, what else worth a shot for Ad blocking.

I am told Brave is really good but I can't install Brave or Firefox on my TV-Box. So I stopped using it. I am not paying YouTube a subscription and I am not watching 10min adds for 5min content

 

[pieter_]

I block ads at a network level by using Adguard Home. It runs in a docker container on my Synology NAS. All devices on my network are set to use it as their DNS server via DHCP. And then on my Mikrotik router I've 2 D-NAT rules to force any client trying to use another DNS server to use this DNS server making it difficult to bypass.

Can you do this with an old Pi? just wondering Pi Hole doesn't work very well.

 

[tetrasect]

Ublock origin is all you need.

It's a good first step but I wouldn't go so far as saying it's all you need.

"uBlacklist" is great for blacklisting sites in google search results.

I use it for these sites which normally completely spam up any image search I do (especially local image searches):

*://*.ubuy.za.com/*
*://*.importitall.co.za/*
*://*.wantitall.co.za/*
*://*.desertcart.co.za/*
*://*.pricecheck.co.za/*
*://*.za.pinterest.com/*
*://*.aliexpress.com/*
*://*.wish.com/*

Additionally I use "PopUpOFF" which blocks those irritating overlays which seem to be on every website nowadays.

And lastly I use "Disable HTML5 Autoplay" so even if something slips through it wont start playing.

Honorable mention, the "Disable Javascript" toggle addon for a quick fix on some of the more pesky websites.

 

[BBSA]

It's a good first step but I wouldn't go so far as saying it's all you need.

"uBlacklist" is great for blacklisting sites in google search results.

I use it for these sites which normally completely spam up any image search I do (especially local image searches):

*://*.ubuy.za.com/*
*://*.importitall.co.za/*
*://*.wantitall.co.za/*
*://*.desertcart.co.za/*
*://*.pricecheck.co.za/*
*://*.za.pinterest.com/*
*://*.aliexpress.com/*
*://*.wish.com/*

Additionally I use "PopUpOFF" which blocks those irritating overlays which seem to be on every website nowadays.

And lastly I use "Disable HTML5 Autoplay" so even if something slips through it wont start playing.

Honorable mention, the "Disable Javascript" toggle addon for a quick fix on some of the more pesky websites.

I wish I could use PopUpOFF on the mobile version Chrome. It would be a life saver.

 

[deweyzeph]

Can you do this with an old Pi? just wondering Pi Hole doesn't work very well.

Yes, Adguard Home will run on a Pi.

 

[Herr der Verboten]

Lately, I've been having trouble with ad blockers messing up on sites in Edge and Chrome. Plus, I'm dealing with YouTube buffering a lot, and it seems like ad blockers might be causing it, even when they're off for YouTube and I've got a premium sub. What ad blockers do you guys use for Chrome, Edge on Desktop and Safari on iOS?

Depends on your needs?

I don't have buffering on YT whether I'm using my premium account or not; wired, wireless, default connection with cisp via os, mobile and or vpn. Controld is quite nice and you can try the somewhat control version for 30 days, you can even get that one on a 5 year sub for 40 odd dollars but if you also want location spoofing you would need the full control option.

There's many more options like these e.g. nextdns or even building your on proxies, smart dns services etc.

...I suppose I got tired of micromanaging my routing tables, hosts files, blocker white and black lists and now its just controld.

 

[dualmeister]

If you have a Raspberry PI or similar board that can run Pi-Hole I would recommend that.

 

[ShloshMalosh]

No complaints with Brave browser over here... just install the app.. and you are done

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

I still use PiHole which works well to prevent a lot of the internet looking like a dystopian consumerist hellscape but it's not very smart as it's just a DNS block list. The fact that it works across every device in my network is what makes it more appealing to me.