StopAd

Block ads on all major browsers

21 followers

Block ads on all major browsers

21 followers

StopAd is the ultimate ad blocker. We block pop-ups, banners, and autoplay ads on all major browsers, like Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, and Internet Explorer. StopAd also removes ads on YouTube and Facebook as well as in apps and games. Plus, StopAd...

Launch tags:Windows•Mac•Productivity

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Mubert

works perfectly in all browsers on my Mac and in Safari on my iPhone, protecting my nervous system from the most dreadful thing in the world – mobile popups :)

also, they've got some awesome content on their blog about the advertising industry and the modern internet in general!

Pros:

blocks ads on all my devices

Cons:

I might miss an interesting ad (? highly doubtful)

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8yr ago

MacKeeper

Maker

Thanks, Marko!

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8yr ago

Bobby App

Would love to try it but I can't get past the "allow developer" part, nothing happens when I click allow. Is this a known issue?

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8yr ago

StopAd

Maker

@jeffreydgroot After click “Allow” button you just should click “Next” on the previous screen.

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8yr ago

Bobby App

@vladimir_shmalko yes but nothing happens when I click allow, so it won't confirm and I can't continue

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8yr ago

StopAd

Maker

@jeffreydgroot Could you please close Security Preferences window and open it again, if “Allow” button still there just try to click again, if it disappeared - restart application and continue.

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8yr ago

Bobby App

@vladimir_shmalko Doesn't work :(

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8yr ago

StopAd

Maker

Aloha, Product Hunters! Thanks, @davidrlroberts, for featuring us! I am Vladimir, General Manager at StopAd, and I’m happy to show you guys what we’ve created here and why. Like you, we live our lives online. We shop online, pay our bills online and have quick chats with friends. But over the past few years, we noticed that web surfing became way too cluttered. Instead of getting frustrated, we got to work. But we don’t want to tell you what we think you need to see online—“Hi, Chrome Ad Filter”—or what we were paid to show you— “Hello, ABP acceptable ads!” Instead, we give you a powerful tool to choose for yourself which ads you see and which you don’t. That’s why we created StopAd—an uncompromised ad blocker which stops all kinds of annoying ads and data trackers without exception. It also stops malware and phishing websites from stealing your personal data and halts browser-based cryptocurrency mining. Install StopAd once, and it’ll stop ads on: all major browsers, including Chrome, Firefox (forthcoming on Mac), Edge, Internet Explorer, Opera, and Safari; YouTube and Facebook; games and applications, like Skype. But we are far from done with innovating the best ad blocker in the world! Give us a try and share your feedback here. I’ll be here with my team all day long monitoring your comments and questions—so fire up :) Thanks in advance! P.S. If you decide to try StopAd—grab a free additional month of StopAd PRO. Just follow this link: https://stopad.io/y/pro-special Thanks a bunch, and we look forward to your feedback!

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8yr ago

@davidrlroberts @volodymyr_sytnikov I used the link, but haven't gotten an email with the key.

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8yr ago

StopAd

Maker

@julianmiller Maybe it gets sent to spam? If it's not there please contact us on our Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/StopAdO...), we will send you a new key.

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8yr ago

My current configuration: Ghostery (open source privacy) + uBlock (open source, light adblock) + AdGuard (very effective mobile adblock) --> no tempation to switch based on your current product What would make consider switching: add features that progress my goal towards digital minimalism lifestyle: - Browser: limit minutes I can use time wasting sites such as fb, linkedin, news, youtube. One effective way is to allow user visit the site but blocking the endless content feed - Mobile: suggest a less tech savy user to uninstall the obtrusive native applications in favor of the mobile site versions, then help the user to take control how much he/she spends on these sites (funny quirk would be to offer better ways to spend time) - Visualize based on data from my browser + mobile usage: how much time I am wasting, how much data I saved total, how much resources less your solution uses compared to my current configuration, how much am I wasting time compared to other members in the community (my age, gender, industry), what you could have easily completed the past 1,6,12 months if you had decreased the number of wasted minutes by 50% (university course worth of language studies, learn to play la la land theme song on piano etc.) - Emphasize: you will never use or sell my data, thus the monthly fee. Alternatively you can switch to free version where you reserve the right to sell some data to finance the operations

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8yr ago

MacKeeper

Maker

@juhslk Thanks for your comment, Juho! I'll transmit your suggestions to our team. You use 3 programs for ad blocking! Not too much? And how does it affect your system?

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8yr ago

StopAd

Maker

@juhslk, Thank you for a great product features backlog. During last 9 months, our team was focused on bringing to the market the best tool to stop all types of ads. We'll definitely add some gamification and even more entertainment. As for your "bundle" try to check it vs. StopAd. You can also check out our Android version.

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8yr ago

@kristina_zagorulko uBlock is the lightest blocker out there, practically no effect on resource usage. Ghostery might not be the lightest extension out there, however it is unrivaled with the privacy protection they provide Adguard on the other hand I only use on my mobile and it works like a charm

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8yr ago

It’s cool if it really works for annoying ads on YouTube.. Will try it! Does it have a mobile version?

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8yr ago

MacKeeper

Maker

@miramellow Yes! We have StopAd for IOS and Android https://stopad.io/android and https://stopad.io/ios

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8yr ago

Questions to the makers: 1) If I understand this correct, I install this as a native app on my Mac, and it blocks any requests to the ad networks at the network level, so I wont have to install an extension separately for each browser, or the next new browser that I want to try? 2) Also, does it detect 'fuckadblock' and/or provide the features of 'fuckfuckadblock' ? 3) Privacy: What kind of user data is being stored on your servers, other than the ads being reported?

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8yr ago

StopAd

Maker

@nitinalabur 1) You are absolutely right. 2) Try it out and tell us how good we are in going stealth mode. You can report such cases in Improve StopAd section. 3) StopAd does its job on the user’s machine without sending any data outside the environment, so you can be sure that your personal data is safe. Moreover, we have a paid StopAd PRO version; selling user data or showing acceptable ads is not our business model ;)

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8yr ago

@volodymyr_sytnikov Great replies! Thanks! Will give it a try!

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8yr ago