If you look at the list, clearly they are garbage extensions, all using the same spammy title.
Ghostery works great and is more selective (scalpel, not shotgun) about dealing with ads. uBlock/Adblock+ are rubbish in their own ways as well. The main key problem in blocking ads is that they tend to completely blow apart websites "responsive" designs and sometimes that results in collapsing html elements making the site unreadable. OR, sometimes, like with news sites, it's the only way to make them readable at
bad practices on the Chrome Web Store (Score:1)
This sounds more intentional than "accidental"
uBlock and NoScript... What else do you need?
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If you look at the list, clearly they are garbage extensions, all using the same spammy title.
Ghostery works great and is more selective (scalpel, not shotgun) about dealing with ads. uBlock/Adblock+ are rubbish in their own ways as well. The main key problem in blocking ads is that they tend to completely blow apart websites "responsive" designs and sometimes that results in collapsing html elements making the site unreadable. OR, sometimes, like with news sites, it's the only way to make them readable at
Re:bad practices on the Chrome Web Store (Score:1)
My suggestion, the HOSTS file should be your number one option for blocking crap.
Yeah, I hear a lot about that....