Google Chrome’s native ad-blocking begins on February 15, 2018

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Under the hood: How Chrome's ad filtering works

https://blog.chromium.org/2018/02/how-c ... works.html
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If you're running uBlock Origin or Adblock Plus, then it won't work for you, as the extension will block the ads for you before Chrome gets the chance to do it.
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I assume those who run a mobile version of Chrome can take advantage of this though.
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As long as they're not running any APP that does the same job.
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[mention]-Mark-[/mention] You can block ads on Chrome on mobile?
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[mention]gotitbro[/mention] Only via a dedicated android app untill now.
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-Mark- wrote: Sun Feb 25, 2018 4:48 pm Only via a dedicated android app untill now.
Such as?
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Android Adblockers such as Adguard for Android, DNS66, Blockada and many more if you Google.
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Today Chrome updated to 65.0.3325.146 and now I have the adblocker built-in.
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Disable uBlock Origin via chrome://extensions page and take it for a spin :geek:
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