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Is there any way to disable video ads in my browser?

First, I have satellite internet with a limited download allowance, and any kind of media eats it up fast. If someone sends me a YouTube video, I have to wait and watch it during our midnight-5 AM free period, so we don't violate our access policy and get penalized.

Second, I truly, truly hate the increasing trend of video ads on websites. That hate goes up 800% when the ad comes with audio...which I can't turn down, or turn off. I either have to mute my whole computer, or close my browser window. If I have 20 tabs open, I have to frantically click through them all to find out where it's coming from. I like not having a TV and I don't want to have to listen to a fucking Ford commercial when I'm looking up a recipe or identifying a bug. But in addition to the immense irritation of the audio, the video in those ads eat up my download allowance.

Is there any way to set up my browser (Chrome) to inhibit or turn those ads off, so they can't play?

Sacrelicious asked in Tech Support 7 months ago | Report

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  • Gold-head_small
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    If you mean an ad inside a video, that has to play before you can watch the video you want, I don't know how, but if you're just talking about ads elsewhere on the page, you want Adblock.

    http://adblockplus.org/en/chrome

    You can also block videos that start with Flash (almost all of them) with Flashblock. It allows you to start the Flash items you want (say, a menu or something) while leaving blocked the ones you don't (Ford ad, autostarting video, etc.)

    Fnarf answered in Tech Support 7 months ago | Report
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  • Bierce1_small
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    Noscript/flashblock should do that, aside from the obvious adblock + element hiding helper.

    Black Beetles in Amber answered in Tech Support 7 months ago | Report
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