Why are ad-blocking extensions so easy to come across and install on PCs, but so difficult or convoluted to install on a phone?

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In most any browser on Windows, such as Chrome, Firefox, or Edge, finding an ad-blocking extension is a two-click solution. Yet, the process for properly blocking ads on a phone is exponentially more complicated, and the fact that many websites have their own apps such as Youtube mean that you might have to find an ad-blocking solution for each app on a case-by-case approach. Why is this the case?

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On PC you view the internet through window. Your browser. Everything you see on the internet you se through that same window. So you can dress it up or down as you like.

On your phone each app is a different window. So if you dress up YouTubes window you’ll have to go do the same to instagram and Reddit….but those windows might be different shapes/sizes and the same dressing won’t work.

Hopefully that makes sense.

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