bottom left of browser says connecting to google ads, and other advertising websites
in the bottom left corner of the browser it says connecting to google ads, and other advertising websites. Thus the spinning blue circle in the tab at the top takes forever to load a website. I do have the 'do not track' feature enabled. how can i stop this 'connecting' issue?
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'do not track' doesn't prevent a webpage from connecting to advertising websites. 'do not track' may lessen the amount of advertising you see, but it doesn't block it 100%. Are you using an "ad blocking" extension, like Adblock Plus or uBlock Origin? Those would be more effective at "ad blocking" than 'do not track', which is a voluntary compliance feature; websites don't have to honor that setting. Even the "ad blocking" extensions allow "less intrusive" advertising; the user needs to select "strict compliance" {uBlock Origin} or "block unobtrusive advertisements" manually {Adblock Plus} - neither blocks all ads automatically or upon installation.
That said about "ad blocking" - many popular web sites are blocking users from using their website when they detect the use of an "ad blocker". So there is no way to 100% block all advertisements
Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox menu button/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.
- Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox menu button/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
- Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window