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I've noticed that the ad-blocking in most VPNs can't stop most advertisements from loading. Edit...However, I've been using the adblocking in proton for a long time now and even when I did a trial run without adguard installed, I noticed that zero ads loaded in windows and the count of how many things got blocked was really high in a matter of minutes every time I made a new connection to one of proton's servers....edit end
I'd recommend adding adguard for desktop to your setup. There's a lifetime license available $80 USD for 3 devices on the lifetime plan..
Maybe even start using brave browser with brave's adblocking and fingerprint blocking set to aggressive as well as adguard for desktop.
Thanks for your suggestions!! I currently use the Duck Duck Go extension with Firefox
If you prefer firefox based browsers, go with librewolf and turn on the letterboxing feature.
Thanks for the idea!
AdNauseam is better than ublock. Use its strict blocking if the regular blocking doesn't work.
@EmperorHenry @streetfestival @Firefox is a horrible browser if you want to block ads and protect your privacy. It’s funded by Google. Try Librewolf instead.
I know...I'm pretty sure I just advocated for Librewolf.