In today’s age, the internet has become an indispensable part of our lives. We rely on platforms like Google, YouTube, Facebook, and others for information, entertainment, and social connection. However, the absurd amount of ads and all the scams and virus that come with them have turned those unuseable.
This isn’t impossible to fix, however. For the few of you who haven’t heard of adblockers, they are tools that make the web MUCH better, and today I’ll explain how and why you should install one if you haven’t already.
Faster
Ads are not just annoying; they’re also resource-intensive. They will consume more data, slow down the page, randomly scroll it up/down, etc.
Adblockers prevent these ads from loading at all, reducing the amount of time your browser spends loading those. This results in quicker page loads and a smoother browsing experience across all platforms, including Google searches, Youtube videos and Facebook pages.
More Battery
Ads are heavy. They can be videos, gifs, images with text or that change often, etc. All this drains your battery and wastes your machine’s performance.
By preventing ads from loading, your device doesn’t have to work as hard, which could save hours of battery life. This means you can stay connected to your social networks like Facebook for longer without needing to recharge.
Security
Some ads contain viruses that can compromise your computer’s security. Other ads will collect information on you as soon as they load. Many of them even promote scams or pyramid schemes, to exploit people.
Adblockers act as a shield against these potential threats by blocking the ads before they can load. This is particularly important on sites like Youtube, where the absurd volume of ads and lack of any moderation for them increases the likelihood of finding a malicious one.
Privacy
Almost all ads will track you. They’ll grab information such as what pages you look at, what products you buy, what content interests you.
With that information, they make their next ads even more interesting, to try and grab your click and infect your machine/manipulate you.
Here, adblockers can prevent this tracking, giving you more control over your personal data and online privacy. This is crucial when using platforms like Google, which collects extensive user data for ad personalization.
Best adblockers
Google Chrome: Chrome sadly is trying to kill adblockers so I’d highly recommend switching away from it. If you can’t however:
Safari:
Brave
Brave is a privacy-focused web browser that stands out for integrating ad-blocking and privacy protection features by default, offering users a seamless and secure browsing experience. Built on Chromium, it automatically blocks ads and trackers, which not only speeds up page loading times but also reduces battery consumption and data usage.
