So focusing on the "And with what [do you block ads]," I'd like to mention Adsanity.
Using Firefox on Linux I follow the masses and use Adblock.
However, on my MAC, using any web browser, I use Adsanity http://www.ziggurat.ch/products/adsanity/. It is highly configurable, but as I use it, ads are blended into the background, faded if you will The ads are still there, but far less annoying. Best of all, it takes animated ads and stops the animation by just showing the last frame. Animation is what I find most annoying about ads.
Full disclosure: I know the one of the developers.
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So focusing on the "And with what [do you block ads]," I'd like to mention Adsanity.
Using Firefox on Linux I follow the masses and use Adblock.
However, on my MAC, using any web browser, I use Adsanity http://www.ziggurat.ch/products/adsanity/. It is highly configurable, but as I use it, ads are blended into the background, faded if you will The ads are still there, but far less annoying. Best of all, it takes animated ads and stops the animation by just showing the last frame. Animation is what I find most annoying about ads.
Full disclosure: I know the one of the developers.