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usonian

(13,539 posts)
Thu Oct 27, 2022, 01:00 PM Oct 2022

How to sink Twitter, Facebook/Meta and Google in weeks. (posted in GD, Computer Help and Support)

EVERYONE GET AN AD-BLOCKER.
THESE ARE ADVERTISING COMPANIES, PERIOD.


(AND DONATE TO D.U.)

For everyone?
Opera Browser, on whatever platform you can get it, blocks ads.

For Windows users:
uBlock Origin ( https://ublockorigin.com/ ) works on
• Chrome
• Firefox
• Microsoft Edge, and
• Opera

LINUX
Sourceforge says:
https://sourceforge.net/software/ad-blockers/linux/
* uBlock Origin
* Adblock Plus.


For Mac Desktop Users:
• uBlock Origin, on Firefox and Safari

For Mobile Safari Users:
• Purify ($2) https://www.purify-app.com/. ( I paid to support the developers )
• Ka-Block! http://kablock.com/
• AdBlock Pro https://adblockpro.app/ ( free, don't subscribe to extras ) Also has a Mac Safari version.


Android Users:
Best info I could find (add your preferences in replies)
https://joyofandroid.com/best-android-ad-blockers/
They favor
• AdGuard - Free
• AdBlock Plus For Samsung Internet – Free, and
• Block This! – Free

NOTES:
I don't use them, but Twitter, FB and Google Apps are traps, and probably prevent you from blocking ads, ( except by advanced means such as VPN, and DNS blocking. )

Advanced users may want VPN and DNS blocking, but this post is for "Keep it Simple" users.


EDITORIAL CONTENT:
Musk should stick to things that he has lots of experience with, such as exploding cars that take hours to extinguish, and running into pedestrians and buses with his self-driving software.

WARNING
Doing so may negatively affect the California economy.

Corrections and additions are welcome.
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How to sink Twitter, Facebook/Meta and Google in weeks. (posted in GD, Computer Help and Support) (Original Post) usonian Oct 2022 OP
I deactivated my twit yesterday and cilla4progress Oct 2022 #1
The British and stoners have long known the blissful benefits of a break sanatanadharma Oct 2022 #8
i use indipendat browsers . alos adblock plus . may consider using the adblock ex AllaN01Bear Oct 2022 #2
How many people have heard "Shaving Cream"? usonian Oct 2022 #3
My baby fell out of the window.... SalamanderSleeps Oct 2022 #5
iwas using that form of the song so i wouldnt get my response kicked off AllaN01Bear Oct 2022 #6
It's all neat and clean. usonian Oct 2022 #7
ohh yessss, spike jones . let me count the ways.:) AllaN01Bear Oct 2022 #9
Looked on Internet Archive (not YT) Found some (not well preserved) stuff. usonian Oct 2022 #10
yeppers , that is harpo. :) AllaN01Bear Oct 2022 #11
And don't forget to install both "Facebook Container" & "Google Container" extensions! SalamanderSleeps Oct 2022 #4
Pleas include Our Star Membership IbogaProject Oct 2022 #12

cilla4progress

(25,790 posts)
1. I deactivated my twit yesterday and
Thu Oct 27, 2022, 01:11 PM
Oct 2022

I feel miles better already! Out of that deadend doom school where my brain chemicals have somehow convinced me my very survival depends on knowing the latest headlines and vicissitudes of life in the media universe in 21st century US. So unhealthy for me!

This happened last time when he was going to take over and I quit.

Maybe I'll remember this time!

sanatanadharma

(4,074 posts)
8. The British and stoners have long known the blissful benefits of a break
Thu Oct 27, 2022, 02:48 PM
Oct 2022

Kindergarten teachers, the British, and stoners have long known the blissful benefits of a break, be it time-out, tea, or T.

AllaN01Bear

(22,968 posts)
2. i use indipendat browsers . alos adblock plus . may consider using the adblock ex
Thu Oct 27, 2022, 01:12 PM
Oct 2022

tension u suggested . i cant afford one of his cars anyway and i dont twit on twitter . gave up on meta anyway. however r. youtube has learned how to smash through adblock plus for mac os. when i first joined utube (i n 2009 thru various accounts that were hacked ). then google went and bought it and now its a pile of shaaaaving cream.

usonian

(13,539 posts)
3. How many people have heard "Shaving Cream"?
Thu Oct 27, 2022, 01:34 PM
Oct 2022
https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/2296165/Shaving+Cream

I have a sad story to tell you
It may hurt your feelings a bit
Last night when I walked into my bathroom
I stepped in a big pile of...

[Chorus:]
Shaving cream, be nice and clean
Shave everyday and you'll always look keen

(more)
Has an embedded YT "video" (of a spinning 78 RPM record)

So here is Internet Archive
https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/2296165/Shaving+Cream. (somewhat flawed recording from 78 rpm)

SalamanderSleeps

(665 posts)
5. My baby fell out of the window....
Thu Oct 27, 2022, 01:46 PM
Oct 2022

....we thought that his head would be split!

But then, he fell into a barrel.

A barrel filled up with.....shaving cream!

[Chorus:]

Shaving cream, be nice and clean

Shave everyday and you'll always look keen


"Ah, the classics...."

AllaN01Bear

(22,968 posts)
6. iwas using that form of the song so i wouldnt get my response kicked off
Thu Oct 27, 2022, 01:56 PM
Oct 2022

benny bell and Paul Wynn. heard it on the old radio show dr. demento

usonian

(13,539 posts)
7. It's all neat and clean.
Thu Oct 27, 2022, 02:39 PM
Oct 2022

There has been worse stuff on DU. LOTS worse.

I was a kid when I first heard this, so it was tons of fun.
Dad had comedy records. His brother was audio engineer at some radio station, so that's probably where he got them.
Spike Jones was fun.

and there were others

usonian

(13,539 posts)
10. Looked on Internet Archive (not YT) Found some (not well preserved) stuff.
Thu Oct 27, 2022, 03:34 PM
Oct 2022

My favorites: Fettlebaum, The Fuhrer's Face, and this gem (video)
https://archive.org/details/TheSpikeJonesShow9January1954
By golly, Harpo Marx?
What a combination.

SalamanderSleeps

(665 posts)
4. And don't forget to install both "Facebook Container" & "Google Container" extensions!
Thu Oct 27, 2022, 01:39 PM
Oct 2022

To keep them from tracking you!

Twitter is digital crack. A rabbit, forever, looking for a hole!

I called my eldest brother a couple of days ago to wish him a happy birthday, instead of texting.

It was fucking awesome.

He's actually pretty smart.

I'd forgotten that.

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