At YahooFinance every 2nd stock news article is ads! Degenerate!

Discussion in 'Stocks' started by Quanto, Mar 5, 2024.

  1. Quanto

    Quanto

    Hmm. where is this advanced settings located? Under Options there is nothing labeled Advanced, if I haven't overlooked something.
    UPDATE: Yes, now I see it: it's under Options/Filter lists

    I have this extension get installed named "uBlock Origin", after I had clicked on the install button/link. Is there maybe another version avail?

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    Last edited: Mar 10, 2024
    #11     Mar 10, 2024
  2. Quanto

    Quanto

    Hey @vanzandt, thanks a lot! You and uBlock have saved my day :)
    At YF I no more see any ads when I go to this page:
    https://finance.yahoo.com/news/
    :)
    Previously really every 2nd of the news items was an "Ad"...
     
    Last edited: Mar 10, 2024
    #12     Mar 10, 2024
  3. vanzandt

    vanzandt

    #13     Mar 10, 2024
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  4. vanzandt

    vanzandt

    Once you understand it, and there is a bit of a learning curve if you use it in the advanced mode, you'll find it's a pretty powerful add-on.

    Here's a good tutorial for you.

    https://www.online-tech-tips.com/software-reviews/ublock-origin-the-ultimate-review-and-guide/
     
    #14     Mar 10, 2024
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  5. vanzandt

    vanzandt

    How's it working on YT for ya?
     
    #15     Mar 10, 2024
  6. Quanto

    Quanto

    Regarding uBlock, ie. the above talked ad banner extension for the WebBrowser:
    I experience a bug: memory consumption rises continually up to 100% !
    Seems to happen only when I watch movies in the browser from my streaming provider (Paramount+).
    After about 1.5h the memory usage becomes very high (>90%).
    My machine has 8GB, and I never had experienced such behaviour before I started using uBlock some days ago.
    A workaround solution is to close the browser tab wherein the streaming videos play, and do it in a new tab...
     
    Last edited: Mar 13, 2024
    #16     Mar 13, 2024
  7. Quanto

    Quanto

    It works fine! :) No ads anymore :)
    But see my prev. posting regarding memory consumption problem...
     
    #17     Mar 13, 2024