The filter I use to hide threads based on keywords doesn’t seem to work for urls but I’m sure this is possible aswell.

  • Crackhappy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    96·
    10 个月前

    I am going to ask a stupid question here, in no stupid questions. I have never used an ad blocker. I’ve been on the internet since before the world wide web was invented. What, exactly, is the purpose of ad blockers?

    • Thorny_Insight@lemm.eeOP
      21·
      10 个月前

      It does what the name suggests: it blocks ads on web pages leaving you with a lot cleaner interface. On some pages the change is purely cosmetic but others like YouTube are completely unusable without one. Why don’t just give it a shot and see by yourself. Look for the uBlock Origin extension for your browser and see how you like it. You can easily toggle it on and off and see how different sites look. It takes literally 30 seconds to install.

    • redcalcium@lemmy.institute
      5·
      10 个月前

      Lucky you! Just install one right now and experience a less annoying, faster loading web for the first time! Also install consent-o-matic while you’re at it.

    • pinchcramp@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      51·
      10 个月前

      Do you ever visit a website and feel like you have to put on a condom or else you get something nasty?

      An ad blocker, that’s the condom.

    • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
      63·
      10 个月前

      Are you a bot, or a troll? Or just not understand English? Because it’s in the name.

        • jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world
          23·
          10 个月前

          Hope this helps!

          Ad blocking or ad filtering is a software capability for blocking or altering online advertising in a web browser, an application or a network. This may be done using browser extensions or other methods.

          • Crackhappy@lemmy.worldEnglish
            31·
            10 个月前

            My original question was badly framed. I know what ad blockers are. I just don’t know why people use them.

            • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
              21·
              10 个月前

              So you somehow have never noticed how miserable ads make life/the Internet? Even if you ignore all the privacy and overconsumption concerns, you still have the fact that ads slow down websites tremendously, and often literally obscure content from view. Somehow you’ve used the Internet for decades and that’s all lost on you. Trolldar is going off hard.

            • Fal@yiffit.netEnglish
              32·
              10 个月前

              The web is literally unusable without ad blockers. Your question is like asking “why should I stop bashing my face into the wall?”

            • GBU_28@lemm.eeEnglish
              11·
              10 个月前

              You should hope to never see an ad in your whole life. Obviously that’s impossible, but efforts should be taken to get there

  • Resistentialism@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    1·
    10 个月前

    Is UBlacklist what you’re looking for? I don’t fully get the question, but I know that blocks urls from search engines (it supports Google, duckduckgo and others, but you’d need to double check.)