> On 29 Aug 2017, at 06:38, Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> wrote: > > … But there are a few web pages that throw the kitchen sink of > 3rd-pary adservers+trackers. 178 unique servers for one web page will > peg the load from the web browser to 150% of 1 cpu core. On a 2-core > machine, that is bad. The browser is unresponsive for a few seconds at > a time.
I use Ghostery on my Mac - I couldn't use the web without it now. They have versions for Firefox and Opera - it might not be as full-featured as you'd like, but it's very easy to install and use, so might be worth a try. Stroller.