Can I stop adverts and
tracking when browsing?
many advances on mobil
platformstoday,Android
seemstobeabletooffer
competitive feature and t
no exception. Enjoy your
faster browsing experienadverts that don’t track you then
we would suggest letting them
displayastheywillnot
significantly slow down your
browsing. You need to remember
that most websites and their
content is paid for by adverts. If
we all started blocking these
adverts we would have no good
websites to browse. It is of course
up to the websites to ser ve
advertsthatdonotdominatethe
experience and to use tracking
that is not too intrusive, but we
donotwanttopenalisethegood
sites and lose them forever so if
possible,pleasetrytouseany
blockers responsibly. Like so“Is it possible to stop websites from tracking me and showing
adverts that ruin the browsing experience? This seems to be very
popular on other platforms at the moment and I would like to try it on
my Android phone.”Martin Chewters
DroidSuppor t
HiMartin.It is indeed
possible to do this and
we would suggest going
to Google Play and installing
Adblock Browser for Android.
Theprocesstosetitupissimple
andtheappclaimstohandle
adverts and websites that track
youaswellasofferingmany
otherfeaturestohelpimprove
the experience. Once you try an
ad blocker, it is true that
browsing will speed up
immediately and there are many
positive reasons to use one, but
youtrytomaintainsomecontrol
overtheprocessifyoucan.Ifa
websiteonlyofferssubtle
A
Your browsing speeds could improve
dramatically when using an ad blockerApps like Adblock Browser can help to
hide adverts when browsinghints &tips GetmorefromyourAndroidWearwatchwithourhandyhints
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