Reviews for Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker
Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker by Ghostery
Review by Teominious
Rated 4 out of 5
by Teominious, 3 months agoAfter 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!
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!
Developer response
posted 3 months ago💙 Many thanks for your review and describing the path to Ghostery! We're happy to be of service and help protect your privacy online!
We would love the fix the issue you are experiencing with the Never-Consent feature. Please reach out to support@ghostery.com with some examples of websites where Never-Consent does not behave as expected.
Best,
Ghostery Team
We would love the fix the issue you are experiencing with the Never-Consent feature. Please reach out to support@ghostery.com with some examples of websites where Never-Consent does not behave as expected.
Best,
Ghostery Team
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Developer response
posted 4 days agoMany thanks for your review! 💙 We're happy to be of service and help protect your privacy online!
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Developer response
posted 4 days agoMany thanks for your poetic review! 💙 We're happy to be of service and help protect your privacy online!
Ghostery Team Developer response
posted 4 days ago您好,请联系 support@ghostery.com,提供更多细节和未阻止广告的网站示例。我们很乐意帮助解决您遇到的问题!最好的、
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Developer response
posted 4 days agoMany thanks for your review! 💙 We're happy to be of service and help protect your privacy online!
Ghostery Team Developer response
posted a month agoHi there,
please reach out to support@ghostery.com with a link to one of the Reddit threads where you noticed high CPU. A screenshot of Youtube in full screen displaying the problem you experience would be great!
We would be more than happy to help fix the issues if provided with more details!
Best,
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