How to sink Twitter, Facebook/Meta and Google in weeks. (posted in GD, Computer Help and Support)

[usonian]

EVERYONE GET AN AD-BLOCKER.
THESE ARE ADVERTISING COMPANIES, PERIOD.

(AND DONATE TO D.U.)

For everyone?
Opera Browser, on whatever platform you can get it, blocks ads.

For Windows users:
uBlock Origin ( https://ublockorigin.com/ ) works on
• Chrome
• Firefox
• Microsoft Edge, and
• Opera

LINUX
Sourceforge says:
https://sourceforge.net/software/ad-blockers/linux/
* uBlock Origin
* Adblock Plus.


For Mac Desktop Users:
• uBlock Origin, on Firefox and Safari

For Mobile Safari Users:
• Purify ($2) https://www.purify-app.com/. ( I paid to support the developers )
• Ka-Block! http://kablock.com/
• AdBlock Pro https://adblockpro.app/ ( free, don't subscribe to extras ) Also has a Mac Safari version.


Android Users:
Best info I could find (add your preferences in replies)
https://joyofandroid.com/best-android-ad-blockers/
They favor
• AdGuard - Free
• AdBlock Plus For Samsung Internet – Free, and
• Block This! – Free

NOTES:
I don't use them, but Twitter, FB and Google Apps are traps, and probably prevent you from blocking ads, ( except by advanced means such as VPN, and DNS blocking. )

Advanced users may want VPN and DNS blocking, but this post is for "Keep it Simple" users.


EDITORIAL CONTENT:
Musk should stick to things that he has lots of experience with, such as exploding cars that take hours to extinguish, and running into pedestrians and buses with his self-driving software.

WARNING
Doing so may negatively affect the California economy.

Corrections and additions are welcome.

[cilla4progress]

1. I deactivated my twit yesterday and

I feel miles better already! Out of that deadend doom school where my brain chemicals have somehow convinced me my very survival depends on knowing the latest headlines and vicissitudes of life in the media universe in 21st century US. So unhealthy for me!

This happened last time when he was going to take over and I quit.

Maybe I'll remember this time!

[sanatanadharma]

8. The British and stoners have long known the blissful benefits of a break

Kindergarten teachers, the British, and stoners have long known the blissful benefits of a break, be it time-out, tea, or T.

[AllaN01Bear]

2. i use indipendat browsers . alos adblock plus . may consider using the adblock ex

tension u suggested . i cant afford one of his cars anyway and i dont twit on twitter . gave up on meta anyway. however r. youtube has learned how to smash through adblock plus for mac os. when i first joined utube (i n 2009 thru various accounts that were hacked ). then google went and bought it and now its a pile of shaaaaving cream.

[usonian]

3. How many people have heard "Shaving Cream"?

https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/2296165/Shaving+Cream

I have a sad story to tell you
It may hurt your feelings a bit
Last night when I walked into my bathroom
I stepped in a big pile of...

[Chorus:]
Shaving cream, be nice and clean
Shave everyday and you'll always look keen

(more)
Has an embedded YT "video" (of a spinning 78 RPM record)

So here is Internet Archive
https://www.lyrics.com/lyric/2296165/Shaving+Cream. (somewhat flawed recording from 78 rpm)

[SalamanderSleeps]

5. My baby fell out of the window....

....we thought that his head would be split!

But then, he fell into a barrel.

A barrel filled up with.....shaving cream!

[Chorus:]

Shaving cream, be nice and clean

Shave everyday and you'll always look keen


"Ah, the classics...."

[AllaN01Bear]

6. iwas using that form of the song so i wouldnt get my response kicked off

benny bell and Paul Wynn. heard it on the old radio show dr. demento

[usonian]

7. It's all neat and clean.

There has been worse stuff on DU. LOTS worse.

I was a kid when I first heard this, so it was tons of fun.
Dad had comedy records. His brother was audio engineer at some radio station, so that's probably where he got them.
Spike Jones was fun.

and there were others

[AllaN01Bear]

9. ohh yessss, spike jones . let me count the ways.:)

[usonian]

10. Looked on Internet Archive (not YT) Found some (not well preserved) stuff.

My favorites: Fettlebaum, The Fuhrer's Face, and this gem (video)
https://archive.org/details/TheSpikeJonesShow9January1954
By golly, Harpo Marx?
What a combination.

[AllaN01Bear]

11. yeppers , that is harpo. :)

gah i am ageing my self.

[SalamanderSleeps]

4. And don't forget to install both "Facebook Container" & "Google Container" extensions!

To keep them from tracking you!

Twitter is digital crack. A rabbit, forever, looking for a hole!

I called my eldest brother a couple of days ago to wish him a happy birthday, instead of texting.

It was fucking awesome.

He's actually pretty smart.

I'd forgotten that.

[IbogaProject]

12. Pleas include Our Star Membership

It makes this site Ad-free while supporting it financially. https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=star