I have used Ghostery for so long. It has blocked various ads and trackers, making feel safe while being on the internet. However, I think recently the extension had gone through an update of some sort. After the update, it has not been blocking any ads and there are so many pop ups. If this continues to happen, I might consider using a different extension.

I'm not on my laptop much so I .mainly use the ghostery browser android app

In tandem with other ad and tarcker blockers such as Adblock Plus and uBlock Origin, you know your browsing is safe.
The only real drawbacks are that many features on a website are blocked, including captchas, and soetimes entire websites that arelegitimate won't allow you to access them. in that case, I must open another browser with Ghostery installed to access them, which is a bit of a pain, but easily overcome if you recognise what's going on.
So 4 out 5 Stars is generous, as the limitations placed on regualr browsing can sometimes outweigh the benefits,

Ghostery needs to have AI update the adblocker because YouTube keeps bypassing it needs updated don't use their browser until they do update for the meantime use Adguard guys! If ghostery reads this PLEASE patch your adblocker thanks! Nothing bad YouTube algorithm is managing to find ways to bypass adblockers be careful guys!

Ich verwende Firefox sowohl auf dem Laptop mit Windows 11, wie auch auf dem Smartphone mit Android 14. Auf beiden Geräten ist als Erweiterung Ghostery installiert.

Seit wenigen Tagen funktioniert auf beiden Geräten der Aufruf der Internetseite nordbayern.de nicht mehr. Der Bildschirm graut sich aus. Bei allen anderen von mir besuchten Webseiten funktioniert alles immer noch bestens.

Jetzt habe ich entdeckt, dass es möglich ist, Ghostery zeitweise unter Windows abzuschalten (deinstallieren wollte ich es nicht). In dem Fall kann ich wieder auf die Website zugreifen. Nordbayern.de hat also seit neuestem einen Ghostery-Blocker drauf.

Eigentlich sollte man das an die Entwickler von Ghostery melden. Ich weiß aber nicht, wie ich die erreiche, hoffe aber trotzdem, dass ich mit diesem Post jemanden erreiche, den das interessiert.

Ich grüße ...

Seems to work also with ney pop-up picture in picture feature of YouTube on Android.
There are issues with youtube music to be checked...audio stops when another app is opened.

After many a year using AdBlock Plus without any qualms, gripes, annoyances, or other issues specifically to block Youtube ads, Google made the brilliant decision to start a self-fulfilling prophecy by blocking access to the site for those that use such an extension

Barring the fact this is the web equivalent of mandating the installation of cameras on every television set, (such that the cable provider can remove service from those whom aren't confirmed to be watching and listening throughout the entirety of every break) even if I disabled AB+ (Something I didn't even consider doing due to Google;'s increasingly anti-creator, way-too-particular rules), I would likely be seeing the popups anyway as a result of NextDNS being implemented across the entire household, and me browsing almost-exclusively in Private/Incognito mode.

As such, my journey found me happening upon Ghostery, and after a bit of research, I figured it was worth a go.

Overall, I'm quite pleased with the decision to swap over, as I didn't realise how much I'd rather just go right into a site without any cookies needing to be configured, and start doing what I actually came to.

However, while the extension did as-promised and blocked off the unwanted window, it only did that for a time, as the window popped up again this most recent session

Oddly, though, it went away and stopped showing up after a time, so it seems as though it still blocks the lockout, but not the window itself.

I suspect this to be fixed in a future update, though, and also will revise this review to 5 stars if it is, but either way, if you'd like total privacy not just on Youtube, but literally everywhere, give this a go!

开启后会导致新浪微博无法登陆，点击登录按钮没反应。登陆后再启动插件，页面能正常运行。

Guay

Great add-on but it currrently stops YouTube from working so I have to disable it for now :( fix that and it'll be an easy 5 stars. Hope you can fix it!

19.10.2023
YouTube still detect Ghostery.
When will you fix it?