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by Carolyn Samit,Oct 5, 2016 7:19 PM in response to DanielJackson
Carolyn Samit
Oct 5, 2016 7:19 PM
in response to DanielJackson
Level 10 (124,853 points)
Apple MusicHi,
For starters, uninstall Adguard. It's not necessary on a Mac if you have Block pop-up windows selected in Safari > Preferences > Security.
Third party ad blockers often cause more harm than good.
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Oct 5, 2016 9:26 PM in response to Carolyn Samitby DanielJackson,AdBlocker was the only thing that made it tolerable to visit *any* web sites, and I used that for a long time, installed AdGuard as a replacement.
Without an ad blocker, I find the web has become unusable.
How does Block pop-up windows help with auto-playing videos and the littering of every web site with ads?
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Oct 6, 2016 7:01 AM in response to DanielJacksonby Eric Root,To an extent, some of the auto-play is a function of the website that you can't control.
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Oct 6, 2016 12:19 PM in response to Eric Rootby DanielJackson,Running ad blockers and flash blockers in Safari in El Capitan I never once had a video autoplay, now they're everywhere.