Here’s a short, informative piece on the topic, written for a general tech-savvy audience.
Nothing is perfect. Using a Tampermonkey ad block script has both advantages and drawbacks.
Tampermonkey is a popular available as a browser extension for Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. It allows you to run custom JavaScript snippets—known as "userscripts"—on specific websites to modify their behavior. An ad block script for Tampermonkey works by:
The beauty of the web is that you can build your own toolset. Tampermonkey ad scripts aren’t for everyone, but for those willing to get their hands a little dirty with code and community-driven fixes, they offer a fascinating backdoor to a cleaner, faster, and less annoying internet.
Tampermonkey represents a different philosophy: