DestroyAds.com - Get rid of ads, one and for all!
You wonder why you still see Google Cookie Warnings and YouTube ads despite having installed popular adblockers?
You want to block ads efficiently across all your devices?
DestroyAds.com will explain to you how to block ads and cookie warnings as well as how to be private on the internet with solid privacy protection settings.
We get bombarded with ads across devices and operating systems. Ads are not only utterly annoying, they moreover collect, store and distribute data about you, your browsing behavior and different metadata like geo-location or devices you use.
Ads insult the private space of every internet user and are a huge waste of time and resources.
DestroyAds.com is here to provide useful information and adblock solutions that work.
What we want to achieve:
Stop being distracted by ads
Stop wasting time watching ads
Stop being encouraged to buy more stuff
Stop being misled by ads
Stop giving the ad-industry all your information
Restore your privacy on the internet
Adblockers we use
- AdGuard
- AdBlock Plus
- AdGuard
- AdBlock Plus
- NoScript
- EasyList
- Peter Lowe’s Blocklist
- EasyPrivacy
- Fanboy’s Enhanced Tracking List
- Fanboy’s Annoyances
- NoScript
Ad-Blockers And Filter Lists will regularly be updated and expanded.
The problem of Adblockers
The famous adblocker AdBlock Plus was released 8 Dec 2008, with several early iterations beginning as early as 2002 as a hobby project. Since then, the advertisement industry was constantly searching for new ways of circumventing adblockers. Because the ad-industry couldn't prevent adblock solutions, they tried to buy their way into the adblock community. 2011 was the first year in which AdBlock Plus first introduced "Acceptable Ads".
"Acceptable Ads" are just a different way of saying "Please pay me, so my adblocker won't block your ads". Since then, many things have changed. eyeo ist the Company behind AdBlock Plus. eyeo founded the "Acceptable Ads Committee" (AAC), a proclaimed non-profit organization with the goal of setting rules for adblockers and acceptable ads. They argue that without regulated adblockers, chaos and lawlessness would rule the internet. The user therefore needs to be able to see Acceptable Ads, so the internet doesn't become a place of chaos. The main goal of the AAC is to "improve consumers’ experience with online advertising … and to develop and implement new global standards for online advertising that address consumer expectations."
So what about the people who don't want to see any ads at all?
They are out of luck, because adblockers nowadays are more or less wolfs in sheep's clothing.
DestroyAds.com wants to give you your freedom of choice back. We want to provide solutions for all the people, who don't want to see ads at all and feel insulted by them.
The problem of Private Browsing
Advertisement companies design and produce ads for specific user groups. These groups are divided by age, income, location and other metrices.
Advertisement companies want to target you with very specific ads. Your Grandma probably doesn't need a new car and you most likely don't need a crème for hemorrhoids.
So how do these advertisement companies show you ads about cars and your Grandma ads about hemorrhoids cremes?
They do that by storing, analyzing and buying meta-data. If you don't have solid privacy protection settings, you're browser will store cookies on your computer and phone for up to a year. These cookies are nothing more than a list of data about you, linked to your IP address. They contain data about the websites you've visited, the links you've opened and in general your browsing behavior on the internet.
Image a list on your computer with information about
- your door, when it's opened and closed
- your car, where it's driving and parking
- your wallet, how much money is inside and what goes out every day and month
- your street address, country and phone number
- your friends, whom you speak to and how often
- your purchases, online and offline
- your search queries, what you look for on the internet
At the end, I know
- who you are, without knowing your name
- what you buy
- how much money you have
- who your friends are = your social standing
- where you are
- where you're going
- what problems you have and search for
- what stuff you buy
All these metrices are connected to ads and advertisement companies. At the very end, all this information has one final goal: show you personalized ads.
Cookies are small pieces of data, that collect and store parts of you. Some may collect places you've visited on the internet, some may collect your location and other your search queries, but they all are distributed to a wide range of specialized companies who collect such meta-data and produce a profile about you.
They don't know your name, but your IP-address.
Can you do something about that?
Yes, you can. And it's actually quite simple. You can gain back your online privacy by
1. getting rid of cookies
and
2. hide your IP-address
We will provide useful information about how to do that, so stay tuned!