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Re:Study of Ad-Blocking Software Suggests Wide Use by sritrisna on Monday August 10, 2015 @09:08AM (#10034281)
I can’t actually remember when I began using ABP. I install it on all browser by default and I believe about a year ago have begun using Ghostery to block annoying beacons everywhere. Never had much success with it on my Google Nexus Tablet and because of it simply stopped surfing the web on tablets and smartphones altogether. However, since the release of Adblock Browser - big big kudos to the team for creating such a fantastic piece of software - I can resume browsing the web on my portable devices. I don’t mind relevant and unobtrusive ads. However, some sites simply have gone overboard with 30 plus beacons included and ads everywhere. I will never support such an aggressive approach to monetising a resource. Especially by those large publishers which believe they can do whatever they want on the web, simply because they're now not limited by physical space anymore, as they are with their print magazines.
Re:Study of Ad-Blocking Software Suggests Wide Use by benbristow on Monday August 10, 2015 @09:17AM (#10034334)
If you're rooted download F-Droid (Open Source Play Store Alternative) and download 'AdAway'.

https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.adaway

Works a charm ;)

Re:Study of Ad-Blocking Software Suggests Wide Use by dublinben on Monday August 10, 2015 @09:44AM (#10034493)
If you're not running a rooted device, uBlock works excellent in Firefox for Android. You get all the same filtering power in a mobile browser.