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Topic: GOOGLE CHROME ADDS

Posted By: A square 10
Subject: GOOGLE CHROME ADDS
Date Posted: February 05 2026 at 8:35pm

anyone elses blank google front page all of a sudden abandon the daily GOOGLE tittle and go to a bunch of adds ? what a PITA , i hate it its stupid stuff and nothing id ever look at , if they want to use AI to follow my keystrokes to what im looking for i might be interested in the adds but as far as foods and drinks related to alzheimers and bikini shots of old actresses as well as insurance stuff its just trash i wish i could delete

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Posted By: SW28fan
Date Posted: February 05 2026 at 9:51pm

I don't use google I got the Brave Browser

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Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: February 05 2026 at 10:38pm

im thinking i may need to change

Posted By: SW28fan
Date Posted: February 06 2026 at 4:14am

I actually switched from Google when I was still working. Google Chrome runs some background stuff that caused glitches in the 3D drafting software I was using. IT told me to delete Google and load another browser.

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Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: February 06 2026 at 9:45am

I've been with Firefox for a while.

It has its own set of add on ad & popup blockers other tools like "Ghostery", & "F/B Container" which block just about everything obnoxious.

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Posted By: Sauron
Date Posted: February 06 2026 at 12:51pm

Google goes out of their way to make ad blocking difficult with Chrome since that's where they earn a lot of their profits.

Firefox plus an ad blocker like uBlock Origin should work great.

I use something called "pihole" that is free software that runs on Linux to block all ads (and malware) for any device on my home network. It just drops that stuff on the floor, so to speak, before any of my devices will see it. I have it running on a raspberry pi computer that's about the size of a pack of cigarettes and uses only a couple of watts of power.

Not really for the non-techies out there, but works great and doesn't require a client on every device.

https://pi-hole.net/" rel="nofollow - https://pi-hole.net/

Happy to assist anyone who wants to do this on their network.

Best,

Posted By: lyman1903
Date Posted: February 12 2026 at 2:37pm

run chrome with adblocker plus and those ads should go away

Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: February 13 2026 at 12:00pm

Firefox with "Adblocker" & "popup blocker", free add-ons is absolute magic.

I also added "F/B Container" which isolates F/B from poking its nose in.

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