Ad blockers improve your browsing experience by removing annoyances from web pages and making them faster to load. Although some people say they’re unethical, because they deprive content creators of revenue, you’re more likely to revisit sites when you can enjoy them without being bombarded with distractions.
Sadly, several popular ad-blocking tools are no longer very effective – they charge users for premium features and take ‘back-handers’ from companies to allow their ads through. Here, we recommend the ad blockers you should use (though you need to install only one), and those you should avoid.
We tested the blocking efficiency of the extensions using the online tool Test Ad Block (), which attempts to load 150 different ads and trackers in your browser (you won’t actually see these).
