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How many ads has Adblock Plus blocked for you
March 25, 2019, 08:50 PM
mjlennonHow many ads has Adblock Plus blocked for you
Some time back, some folks here recommended Adblock Plus. It's been a godsend, the internet has since been readable. For those of you that never leave here, it's a wasteland out there. <img src="https://sigforum.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif" alt="Wink" width="15" height="15"><!--graemlin:;)-->Just click the little stop sign icon in upper right corner, answer the poll below with how many total ads it's blocked since installed.None, I don't need no stinkin adblocker.1-100 I never leave Sigforum101-10k I mainly use computer for work10k - 100k I find it helps100k - 500k I'm a moderate net surfer. Keeps the screen clutter free most of the timeOver 500k I surf all day and don't pay for porn!
March 25, 2019, 08:54 PM
qxsoup2,762,206 for me.
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March 25, 2019, 08:59 PM
tatortoddI switched to uBlock Origin and it's over 1.25 million
Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity
DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. March 25, 2019, 09:00 PM
HobbsUsed to run Adblock Plus and it was great. Been a while, so forgot exactly why I switched, but guess I found uBlock Origin 1.18.6 along with Disconnect 5.18.21 to work best for me in Firefox.
March 25, 2019, 09:02 PM
bobtheelfI use uBlock Origin, and since installed (quite some time ago) I'm up to 3.9 million things blocked.
March 25, 2019, 10:25 PM
Pipe SmokerHow many ads would Adblock block
If Adblock could block ads?
Serious about crackers. March 25, 2019, 10:30 PM
Mr.Wonderful3,181,549 Been using it for a while.
The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas March 25, 2019, 10:50 PM
zoom6zoomPiHole means my Adblocker doesn't have as much to do anymore. It also blocks most of those "analytic" type requests, too.
Over 24 hours:
I have my own style of humor. I call it Snarkasm. March 26, 2019, 06:12 AM
V-Tail102,024
הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים March 26, 2019, 07:59 AM
Eponym463,362 in total (over approximately 1 year)
March 26, 2019, 10:47 AM
P250UA5quote:
Originally posted by tatortodd:
I switched to uBlock Origin and it's over 1.25 million
Switched as well when ABP was severely hindering Chrome performance.
1/2 mil for ublock for me & 1 'Ad' here on SF (avatar maybe?).
The Enemy's gate is down. March 26, 2019, 10:49 AM
HRKAdblock a little over 30K
Ublock 1,058,784
March 26, 2019, 10:52 AM
BBMWA little under 2.5 million.
The need to come up with a stealth ad blocker, so the website trying to post the ad doesn't know it's being blocked.
March 26, 2019, 11:20 AM
Skins2881How do you tell?
Jesse
Sic Semper Tyrannis March 26, 2019, 11:46 AM
Rinehart1,354,654 for me.
March 26, 2019, 11:49 AM
tatortoddquote:
Originally posted by Skins2881:
How do you tell?
1. Place left thumb in right ear
2. Stand on right foot
3. Extend left leg rearward to 45 degree angle
4. Curse TatorTodd for steps 1 to 3
5. Grasp mouse with right hand
6. Right click on Adblock or uBlock and select info, statistics, or similar word. It was the last menu item in uBlock.
Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity
DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. March 26, 2019, 12:22 PM
Skins2881Of course I had already tried steps 1-3 and step 6 gives me - Check for updates, settings (nothing in there), Disable for SF, Disable for everywhere.
Doesn't even show up searching drives with cortana or whatever they changed the search function to.
Program is AdBlockPlus. It's an add-on to IE for me as far as I can tell, not a program?
Jesse
Sic Semper Tyrannis March 26, 2019, 03:46 PM
fiasconvaI've had it for a long time so it's 1,510,993. Seems like it's doing it's job.
"Even if the world were perfect it wouldn't be." ... Yogi Berra March 26, 2019, 04:21 PM
rh2,436,315 with uBlock Origin, and that's just with this Macbook Pro. Considering that I use 3 MBPs and a Mac Mini, the figure would come to around 10 million in total.
March 26, 2019, 08:59 PM
Shotgun Zeke357,220 in total

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