Advertising makes the Internet go round. Not all web developers behave in a user-friendly manner and some are downright unscrupulous. Many web surfers want to get rid of ads in order to avoid phishing as well as crypto miners who can steal your bandwidth and diminish page load speed. There is also the issue of invasive pop-ups and banners that make your Internet experience less enjoyable.

The solution is an adblock program. There are many adblocker programs that can stop ads, such as AdGuard and AdBlock Plus. In our opinion, the best ad blocker is Easy AdBlocker. This is an ad blocker extension for Chrome by Google that you can download, install and use at no charge.

Easy AdBlocker is powerful. It provides deep configuration options for the advanced user, but the average user can simply install it and remove ads with no hassle. Something else we really like about Easy AdBlocker is its reach. What it does is not limited to pop-up and banner ads. It actually eliminates video ads not just from basic websites but from service providers like Twitch and YouTube.

There is a back-and-forth battle between ad blocker developers and webmasters who want to barrage you with video ads and more. Currently, the webmasters are winning. They can detect Easy AdBlocker, Ghostery, uBlock Origin and more and demand that you disable them or block your access. This is annoying but hardly exclusive to this adblocker. Another issue is more of nitpick. We’d love to see the developers support other popular web browsers like Firefox and Edge.

Pros

• User-friendly
• No configuration needed
• But available for advanced users

Cons

• Only for Chrome
• Detectable by websites