Linux

uBlock Origin

In short: all are Crap, use UBlockOrigin

(ABP is worse, Adguard "intelligently shows ads", Ghostery is spyware)

I only use ublock origin

extension design and strong content filters make AdBlock for Firefox a solid choice for people who don’t necessarily despise all ads

Do these people exist and if so, have they been checked for brainworms?

The rest is also stupid, ublock origin can and does block trackers, and can be made to block more stuff if you want. It's strictly better in every way than the competition, which lets through more stuff, and/or sells your info. The article would be very short though if they just said that.

You should only use Unlock Origin in my opinion... But I'm open to other propositions

I also would vote for uBlock Origins. This is by far the best solution on the market. It blocks more than just ads and trackers. uBlock blocks also malware sites, popups, miners and other annoyances. Or you can also use it as an URL shortener tool to get rid of the tracking parameters in the URLs.

Something I've also been looking at more closely for a few days now is Arkenfox to hardening my Firefox more effective. Does anyone here has some experiences with Arkenfox?

ublock Origin + pihole.

For my pihole I use these lists: https://github.com/sefinek24/Sefinek-Blocklist-Collection

I see all the Ublock Origin love, I also want to bring up Privacy badger (while not an adblocker I use it and would love for people to confirm it's relevancy to me).

Should be part of the basic user extension kit afaik

As well as origin the EFF has some great browser plugins and tools that have held up for over a decade https://www.eff.org/pages/tools

uBlock Origin + NoScript + Toggle referrer (+ SponsorBlock for YT).

NoScript can be a pain to manage occasionally but even on pemit-all-by-default mode you can block some of the more ubiquitous insidious trackers like Google and Facebook without impacting your functionality at all.

uBlock Origin + default Firefox tracker blocker on 'Strict'

Ublock origin + web annoyance ultralist

uMatrix + uBlock Origin

Edit: For YouTube there is also SponsorBlock, but I don't use YouTube directly anymore. It's part of FreeTube, so you could add SponsorBlock to the list too if you want. More Edit: yt-dlp also supports SponsorBlock for downloaded videos.

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Linux: firefox/waterfox + uBlock + UnboundVPN on OpnSense Router (via wireguard if not at home) + YouTube premium (1$ a month payed via india)

iOS: safari + 1Blocker(lifetime) + UnboundVPN on OpnSense Router (via wireguard if not at home) + YT premium (1$/month)

My typical recommendation would be:

Normie: uBlock Origin

Techie: uBlock Origin + uMatrix

Security Critical/Paranoia/Just Hate Yourself: uBlock Origin + uMatrix + NoScript

I use the last option at work, and the middle option at home, and the first option for my wife's computer.

For me, a lot of it isn't about ads, it's more about the security risk of cross site scripting. Typically, if I'm visiting a site, I probably trust it, but I have no trust for people they sell ads to. I don't mind sites I trust having a few non-intrusive ads, but of course that's not the reason I use blockers; if a site has so many ads it is unusable, I just don't ever visit it again (plenty of 'don't show articles from ' flags in my google news feed for this very reason. I'll never know if you redeem yourself, because I will just never visit your site again.).