These ad blockers replace digital ads with cats, art, and vintage advertising
 

These ad blockers replace digital ads with cats, art, and vintage advertising
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A host of niche ad blockers are helping web surfers trade an**ying ads for cats, art, and inspiration.

The tools are part of a burgeoning cottage industry of blocking software birthed by a popular frustration with disruptive digital ads in recent years.

But where most of their ilk simply scrub pop-ups and promos from your screen, a handful of developers have tried to set their services apart by taking it a step further: They want to turn the lemons of online ads into lemonade.

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These ad blockers replace aggressive web advertising with a more pleasant alternative, whether that be images of goofy cats, vintage billboards, fine art, inspirational memes — take your pick.* Read more...

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