thank you @LeaH & @CorinaS for this useful information 😀

I’ve been using ad blockers for ages, whether on my PC or cell phone.

The websites are so cluttered with advertising that it hasn’t been nice for a long time.

Every time I deactivate it I’m shocked all over again.

I’m happy to pay something on the websites where I spend a lot of time and where there is the possibility of surfing ad-free for a monthly fee.

Like PCGH or CB.

This way I can support your good work and get something out of it.

I’ve had rather bad experiences with ad blockers because, in addition to advertising, important things were also blocked from time to time or it led to other browser malfunctions. In the end, that annoyed me more than the advertising. It works better with the Pi-hole, but it is not error-free either. In the meantime, I have deactivated Pi-hole again and automatically hide the advertising when reading a website.

I use the AdBlocker at the bottom of the image in Firefox and very rarely have a problem. Pages that require a login I deactivate the AdBlocker.

uBlock Origin also works perfectly with the standard Windows browser Edge.

Good solution, because there are too many.

In the list of example programs, there is a mix between real plugins and browsers offering this type of blocking.

note that certain DNS services also offer this filtering (protection of minors with regard to advertisements that are sometimes erotic/political/religious/etc…).

and that Edge and Firefox browsers have an anti-tracking device allowing, in part, this functionality.

finally, automatic advertising devices can be misused: [www.blick.ch/fr/news/suisse/sur-les-portails-de-medias-suisses-une-pub-montrant-alain-berset-menotte-attention-fake-news-id18299300.html](htt ps://www.blick.ch/fr/news/suisse/sur-les-portails-de-medias-suisses-une-pub-montrant-alain-berset-menotte-attention-fake-news-id18299300.html)

Selon un site de la Confédération:

I have been using uBlock Origin successfully for a long time.

I understand that “free” has to be financed with advertising. However, I have no understanding if, for example, subscribed online newspapers are burdened with advertising. That’s why I don’t feel guilty about hiding the advertising in an appropriate way.

I use the “Brave” browser on my Android devices and my PCs with Windows 11. This works just as well as Chrome and Edge (also based on Chromium), but is much more secure than the browsers mentioned and prevents tracking, advertising, etc.

I’m really happy when there are so many more advertisements

f.l.

Funny, I don’t have a subscription, but I don’t have any advertising with Swisscom either…

Advertising, yes, but not to that extent

Hein

@Amani

With normal WEB mail without a subscription, advertising “always” appears and you can hide these with an AdBlocker, but a large white field remains.

With an email program e.g. There are no advertisements in Outlook or Thunderbird.

Does anyone know how Safari on a MAC works to block ads?

The one I installed is just about acceptable. On certain sites I am still overwhelmed to the point of giving up accessing them.

Is there also a way that I can reject cookies quickly and not have to reject them manually on every page (for notebooks and iPhones)?

@Widehupf Just like the other browsers: with extensions.

However, most of the ad blockers mentioned above are probably not available for Safari.

For example, you could use AdGuard.

@Christoph.mueller There are also numerous extensions for this 🙂

Which browser are you using?

Interesting