I have 32 GB DDR5 RAM on my Windows 10 PC- and I usually have a bunch of tabs open. Even then, not a ton of RAM is used (sometimes I even play intensive games with the browser running in the background without a noticeable impact on performance).

I do close the browsers before I do anything else intense, like music production or video editing.

 

I use ublock origin in firefox.
/oh yeah, and having an account makes things easier. but without ublock the whole internet is just unusable.

 

I am thinking about installing a pi with pi-hole... sooner or later it is mandatory as every single fcking damnd kitchen appliance is going to have a screen serving ads. From the point the Samsung TV started showing ads plus Netflix and Prime having them although I pay for the subscription it more and more feels like rape. IMHO we are long beyond the point where it is just an annoyance.

 

Don't need complicate your mind, unless you have a very specific need ublock origin is still the only thing you need.

 

no contest. U-block Origin - running it in chrome and FF. the chrome implementation is tricky but perfectly doable.

 

small additions to all mentioned
ClearURLs – removes tracking parameters from links to keep your URLs private.
Violentmonkey (Greasemonkey and Tampermonkey) – Useful for handling various web annoyances, especially when certain ads or scripts can’t be blocked by traditional ad blockers.
CanvasBlocker – prevents browser fingerprinting. However, it can sometimes break site functionality, so use it only if you know what you’re doing.

 

Brave is an outstanding browser with builtin adblocking feature, works even for youtube.

if you want to support a specific site i guess you can simply exclude it in setting.

 

I have 32gb too, but i notice that sometimes 1 tab of firefox use 1.8 - 2.2 gb of ram cuz of different blockers (+extensions) working at the same time

 

Now you need a laxative. Recommend MiraLAX.

 

slightly OT (in regards to os specificity), and I have certain things I use, but don't exhaustively research, , but what ad blockers are the favored for macOS these days (and I generally use Safari...)

 

The Black Friday spam in my inbox was driving me nuts. The titles of every email are crammed with ridiculous amounts of emojis. Thankfully, though, the Gmail web interface clearly marks emojis, so they can easily be hidden with most common adblockers:

mail.google.com##img[data-emoji]

The filter above should work in UBo, AG, ABP, ... and most other adblockers.

Sanity instantly restored. I wish I had thought of that a couple of years ago

 

Brave Browser (info)

Blocks third-party ads
Blocks cross-site trackers
Blocks third-party cookies
Protects against fingerprinting
Blocks cookie-consent banners
Global privacy control (GPC) enabled
Auto-upgrades to HTTPS
Network state partitioning
Filters query parameters
Blocks bounce tracking

Includes a built-in TOR option

Plus I also installed the UBlock Origin extension just to be sure!

 

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If you like chrome and don't want to give up the full version origin - origin (1.62) runs fine paired with chrome v109. It's what I have been running for a few years now and works without fail. Just make certain you kill any chrome/extension updating and it will all run fine first time every time.

 

I would recommend pi-hole, but I suspect since youre making a thread about this subject running pi-hole might be too techy.
Ublock should do the trick as many have already suggested.

 

for me ublock on ff is great brave possibly better just no ads already integrated in the browser and lets yt keep playing ad free tunes when i close screens or use other app on my phone but i use both on phone ublock ff on pc

 

pie ad blocker and stands adblocker chrome extension combined, best by far

 

uBlock Origin + Privacy Badger, then TamperMonkey (or ViolentMonkey, doesn't matter) for tweaks. I do also run pi-hole+unbound but that's a bonus, I mostly use it for my internal DNS stuff.

While not strictly adblocking as such, I try to configure search engines not to do AI bullshit or summaries either and prefer to use dedicated site searches (when possible) instead of searching the whole net.