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Reviews for Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker

Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker by Ghostery

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Review by Mark
by Mark, a month ago
4,284 reviews
  • by Alex, 9 hours ago
    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.
  • by 罗汉神打, 2 days ago
  • by Frank, 3 days ago
  • by Firefox user 12729494, 6 days ago
  • by Firefox user 12845766, 6 days ago
    For about two weeks embedded 'Youtube' videos will not play on any websites. Filed a detailed report on Ghostery Support Page and have not had any response (That was a huge waste of time!). Worked great for years. Give it another day or two before I completely remove it.

    Developer response

    posted 3 days ago
    Hi & thanks for your message!
    We only had one support request regarding embedded Youtube videos, which we replied to asking for examples of websites where this happens. We can only find solutions if we can reproduce the situation.
    Thanks for your cooperation!

    Best,
    Ghostery Team
  • by Devesh Kumar Sharma, 7 days ago
  • by Firefox user 18465886, 7 days ago
  • by sebigbos, 10 days ago
    Ghostery is a great anti-track and anti-ad tool with abundant possibilities to adjust it to your needs. But it works already great just out of the box.
    The support is marvelous.
    Thanks for this handy plugin.

    Developer response

    posted 10 days ago
    Many thanks for your review! 💙💙
    We're happy to be of service and help protect your privacy online!
    Ghostery Team
  • by ARStKi4537, 12 days ago
  • by dexis, 12 days ago
  • by kali, 16 days ago
    unfortunately it no longer blocks adds. Already submitted the screenshots before developer replies asking for them.

    I'm also not buying hiding pause button deep into the settings was requested by users "forgetting to unpause" At least make it configurable?... Especially since there were already options easily accessible for "pause for X minutes" which could've been defaulted, instead of hiding the pause option.

    all in all one of my favourite extensions gone completely now. good job.
  • by Gumese, 17 days ago
  • by snkiz, 18 days ago
    The new v10 is broken, it isn't blocking anything. The new UI doesn't add anything but more clicks. Pause is now buried in a full page settings page that is full of white space and completely unnecessary. The time choice for pause has been removed. Trash update.

    Developer response

    posted 17 days ago
    Hi there,

    Thanks for reaching out to Ghostery!

    Sorry for your experience! We also replied via email.
    Based on user feedback, usability tests and the redesign, we have moved the global pause button to Settings (accessible from Ghostery panel --> Burger Menu --> Privacy Protection) and have “Trust this site” available and accessible with one click which is scoped to pausing Ghostery on the present site only and for a selected time.
    Many of our users were pausing Ghostery and forgetting to turn back on, so they were unknowingly and unwillingly browsing the web unprotected. We tried to fix that for the user group.

    Regarding "The new v10 is broken, it isn't blocking anything." Can you please send us a screenshot of the Ghostery panel with a loaded website to support@ghostery.com? We would love to help fix this for you.

    Best,
    Ghostery Support
  • by Firefox user 18564841, 21 days ago
    Works great, but they have moved pause button to a difficult to reach place making it useless. Please put it back.

    Developer response

    posted 17 days ago
    Hi & thanks for reaching out to Ghostery!

    Based on user feedback and usability tests, we have moved the global pause button to Settings (accessible from Ghostery panel --> Burger Menu --> Privacy Protection) and have “Trust this site” available and accessible with one click which is scoped to pausing Ghostery on the present site only and for a selected time.

    A bit of background for moving the global “Pause Ghostery” button to settings: Many of our users were pausing Ghostery for a specific local and time bound reason and forgetting to turn it on, so they were unknowingly browsing the web unprotected.

    We hope this makes sense. For any questions, further feedback, comments, please message us anytime at support@ghostery.com.

    Best,
    Ghostery team
  • by thunderstrike23, 22 days ago
    Ever since the most recent update, it's had trouble detecting ads/trackers/etc on some sites. It'll say 'zero' and I'll get in-page popups and banner ads anyway. Also rather dislike that the 'restrict site' option appears to be missing now.

    Developer response

    posted 17 days ago
    Hi there,

    Thanks for reaching out to Ghostery!

    Please reach out to support@ghostery.com with a screenshot of the Ghostery panel and an example website where Ghostery is not detecting ads & tracking. We would be happy to help fix the issue if provided with more details.

    Best,
    Ghostery Team
  • by Firefox user 13434134, 22 days ago
    Probably still good, but they're losing the plot. It's unwieldy to go through the settings and even then you still don't know if the trackers are up to date. I had an account there but I wanted to change the password. Nope! You can change the email but not the compromised password. I tried a new account but some standard symbols aren't accepted. Good luck. I'd rather have the old version.

    Developer response

    posted 17 days ago
    Hi there,

    Thanks for reaching out to Ghostery!

    All your feedback is correct and we apologize for your experience!
    - Re: "don't know if the trackers are up to date" - the TrackerDB is updated with every release but we will add a force-update to the settings to satisfy everyone.
    - The password can be changed while not being logged in here: https://www.ghostery.com/forgot_password

    For any questions, further feedback, comments, please message us anytime at support@ghostery.com.

    Best,
    Ghostery team
  • by Firefox user 18562286, 23 days ago
  • by Firefox user 12727740, 23 days ago
  • by jps, 24 days ago
  • by HoJeong Go, 24 days ago
  • by Peter, a month ago
  • by Firefox user 18546228, a month ago
  • by mf, a month ago
    excellent ad blocker

    Developer response

    posted 25 days ago
    Many thanks for your review! 💙
    We're happy to be of service and help protect your privacy online!
    Ghostery Team
  • by David C Rankin, a month ago