Do you block internet ads?

[Shawn]

Did a search. I don't think this is a repost. Just wondering how many of you block ads.

 

[simms]

Adblock FTW. Probably the only reason why I use FF.. and the fact that I can condense my bookmarks into the menu bar at the top.

 

[Powermoloch]

just pop ups.

 

[imported_Mike]

Originally posted by: Powermoloch
just pop ups.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: Mike

Originally posted by: Powermoloch
just pop ups.

Ditto.

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: Powermoloch
just pop ups.

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: Powermoloch
just pop ups.

 

[StrangerGuy]

only the annoying popups.

 

[harobikes333]

I have an old computer so I block everything and also that way you can have hotmail ad free since their ads are over kill .

But i don't block ads from sites like anandtech and site that I wish to support and they don't spam you with ads alll over.

 

[Agnostos Insania]

Originally posted by: harobikes333

But i don't block ads from sites like anandtech and site that I wish to support and they don't spam you with ads alll over.

I'm the same. Only if a site goes so horribly overboard with ads will I block some of them.

 

[Xyclone]

No, they don't bother me much.

 

[saahmed]

Only the popups that sometimes give me popups.

 

[Philippine Mango]

I use it when the ads become irritating and or when I'm on my laptop, running off of battery power... I mean, why should MY battery life suffer because ****** thought that I'd care about getting a free crap pod?

 

[dugweb]

this thread reminded me to re-enable my adblock (had it disabled for the speed test earlier in the evening)

 

[dighn]

only when the ad bothers me eg IF IT ****** HAS SOUND OR keeps doing annoying animations or some other UTTER BULLSHIT like that

 

[MDE]

Only if the ads unnecesarily take up space, are annoying (Flash), or there's just too friggin many of them.

 

[monk3y]

I block most of them.

 

[Wapp]

I block as many as I can.

 

[Anubis]

i voted no, i used to block them via my firewall, Kerio has a webfiltering option in the full version, it used to work great, but then it started blocking site liek AT randomally, i think it was browser updates that it didnt work properly with
i then used opera add filter for a while, and it worked to a certian extent but wouldent block flash, it also had some random issue IIRC, so i stopped,
now i dont and it doesnt bother me

 

[captains]

Originally posted by: Powermoloch
just pop ups.

 

[theknight571]

Well...at work some of them are blocked, for us... lol

At home I just stop the pop-ups.

Really the only ads (other than pop-ups) that bother me are the flashing banners.

Most everything else I can ignore.

- TK

 

[LanceM]

Only pop-ups. Never anything else.

 

[Looney]

I block banners too if they're flash.

 

[sswingle]

I installed Adblock and let it do its thing.

 

[apinomus]

Kerio ad blocking
Firefox AdBlock+ Plus blocking

I had to use a regular IE browser on WindowsME and it reminded me how much I would hate the internet if I didn't have it on.