Reviews for Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker
Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker by Ghostery
Rated 4.4 out of 5
4.4 Stars out of 5
4,173 reviews
- by CGC, a month agoRated 5 out of 5
- by Firefox user 15954737, a month agoRated 5 out of 5
- by Firefox user 15997478, a month agoRated 1 out of 5
- by Malwalter59, a month agoRated 5 out of 5
- by Firefox user 16010347, a month agoRated 4 out of 5
- by Firefox user 15666742, a month agoRated 5 out of 5
- by Firefox user 16008443, a month agoRated 5 out of 5
- by jckimball, a month agoRated 5 out of 5I am switching from Chrome because of difficulty with Flash and all the tracking Google does, and I am delighted to find that Ghostery works with Firefox! Onward and Awkward!
- by Firefox user 16008341, a month agoRated 5 out of 5
- by Airwalker, a month agoRated 5 out of 5
- by Firefox user 12566601, a month agoRated 5 out of 5
- by Mehedi Hasan, a month agoRated 5 out of 5
- by Dyna, a month agoRated 5 out of 5
- by Firefox user 16001125, a month agoRated 5 out of 5
- by Firefox user 15031807, a month agoRated 4 out of 5
- by carlosfdopalomino, a month agoRated 4 out of 5
- by Firefox user 13750839, a month agoRated 5 out of 5
- by Firefox user 15990608, a month agoRated 1 out of 5
- by Ry, 2 months agoRated 1 out of 5This add on has worked for years all up until a week ago. Now it doesn't block ads anymore and offers you a premium subscription to ghostery to get more "protection". Ghostery have now put up a paywall in order to experience what users have been receiving for years before, Sad day for the internet
Developer response
posted a month agoHi there, Ghostery the extension still offers the same, free, protection we always have. We have introduced an option for a subscription within our extension, but it is not required to use it. Let us know if you have any questions to support@ghostery.com. - by Firefox user 15095970, 2 months agoRated 4 out of 5
- by Firefox user 13141453, 2 months agoRated 5 out of 5
- by Firefox user 14132310, 2 months agoRated 5 out of 5
- by AbiliTV Broadcasting, 2 months agoRated 1 out of 5I have used this wonderful add on, on and off for years. Recently almost every time I open a tab, or go to a website up pops the advert for MIDNIGHT! I can't seem to turn this off. WHAT IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THIS UPGRADE? Seems the team at Ghostery figure why not irritate people after all if they use the add on they are a captive audience. It is ashamed we can't elect NOT to be bothered with this annoying advert. ISN'T That apart of why we use this add on in the first place? Uninstalling. Deserves negative 50 stars just for this issue. I would not waste the time or bandwidth to download this add on any longer. They lie about blocking ads when it's their ad that is being pushed every few moments. In fact I think I will file a complaint with Firefox, the Google Play store as they purposely mislead consumers with the claim it blocks ads.
- by Firefox user 12093425, 2 months agoRated 1 out of 5I've had Ghostery installed on Firefox for years now and it's served me well, but I just removed it & won't be back—Ghostery has become increasingly commercialized and with its latest update is repeatedly intruding with pop-up ads of its own trying to hock its monthly paid "premium" service. Ghostery's become an ad-blocker that—bewilderingly—shows you ads; moreover, there's no functionality it provides that other privacy add-ons don't/can't.
Do yourself a favor and skip clicking the install button & just close the tab.