CatBlock comes to Microsoft Edge as an alternative to AdBlock to end unwanted advertising

One of the most controversial issues is that of blockers in browsers. Some extensions that in many cases may seem like a tyranny towards advertisers, at least from certain points of view.

Of all of them, the most popular is AdBlock Plus, an extension available for the most popular browsers such as Firefox, Google Chrome and, of course, Microsoft Edge. But It's not the only option we have to avoid ads that are sometimes annoying, because we can also try CatBlock, a new extension for the Microsoft browser.

Many times we enter a website and we find ourselves, not only advertising _banners_, which are necessary for the maintenance of many websites, but also others that also attack us with enormous is intrusive that slow down the operation of our browser and delay the loading of pages and with CatBlok we can avoid it.

An extension that also has a version for Firefox in development (there is already one for Chrome) and that shares many similarities with AdBlock Plus but also some differences, among which a higher loading speed and a greater capacity to adapt to our needs stand out.

This way we can block personalized elements, create a white list of ads or advertisers that we do want to see or even add YouTube channels to the list of blocked sites.

"The difference with AdBlock Plus is given by the installation process, because while in the well-known blocker everything is carried out in a simple way, in the case of CatBlock the installation requires first downloading the extension, its extraction and subsequent installation by _clicking_ on Setup. It is not complicated at all, but with AdBlock Plus it is more comfortable."

It should be noted, however, that CatBlock will only work in environments running Windows 10 with Build 14291 hoping that in successive updates the general availability for the Windows 10 platform as well as the long-awaited version for Firefox. An alternative is always good to have, for those who are not happy with how existing blockers work.

Via | CatBlock