Reviews of Protect My Choices

List of user reviews and ratings for Protect My Choices

Total ratings

3.49 (Rating count: 294)

Review summary

Protect My Choices is designed to maintain users' targeted advertising opt-out preferences, complying with advertising laws and respecting user choice. However, users commonly report that it does not block ads or trackers and often fails to execute opt-out requests effectively. Many experience continued targeted ads and confusing user interface, leading to dissatisfaction. While it serves a specific legal purpose, it lacks functionality in ad blocking or comprehensive ad preference management, leaving users frustrated.
Pros
  • Helps maintain targeted advertising opt-out preferences when clearing browser cookies.
  • Complies with US and EU federal laws regarding advertising preferences.
  • Respects user choice about receiving targeted ads (does not block ads itself).
Cons
  • Does not block ads or trackers, leading to user confusion about its functionality.
  • Frequently fails to successfully opt-out from many advertising companies; only a fraction of companies are actually opted out.
  • Users report continued appearance of targeted ads despite using the extension.
  • Interface (UI) and wording are unclear or confusing about what is being agreed to or prevented.
  • Users experience error messages from servers when submitting opt-out requests and general lack of effective functionality.
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User reviews

Recent rating average: 2.30
All time rating average: 3.49
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1 star
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Date Author Rating Lang Comment
2025-06-30
Ra*****
en How about this one Google, leave our devices alone, stop all these BS advertisements and this way the general public do not have to find ways around your nonsense. I don't purchase anything from anyone who interrupts or invades my devices. I have used Google Chrome since before the Netscape days but I considering ripping Google Chrome it out of all my devices. so NAAAAAAA! I don't see this application doing anything on Windows or Android.
2024-11-30
Se*****
en good app
2024-09-14
za*****
en Tool do not work anymore. Very unclear how opting out is done, and when you do opt out and press submit. You meet an error message from their server.
2024-09-13
Al*****
en UI is super sketchy. Dumb wording making it impossible to know if you are agreeing to ads or preventing them.
2024-05-06
La*****
en It doesn't work. It doesn't do anything at all.
2023-12-12
RV*****
en I loaded Ghostery and I can't see that it does anything either.
2022-09-20
Da*****
en Doesn't actually do any thing...and I went through the headache of doing all the extra items required before hand on this one, as well as two others -IBA opt out (google) and Goggle Analytics opt out. to ensure that once the exention was loaded it sites would respect things. But nope. Neither one of these do anything. However I found one that DOES work - Ghostery - It Blocks Ads, trackers, you name it perfectly. Even hyperlinks from pages I normally use are sent to a Ghostery page telling you that this is a redirect and may not be safe etc....Didnt expect that. Best thing is when you can click on the extension settings of Ghostery you can SEE the details of what is being blocked--right down to the name, url etc.... Of course you can also edit settings per site as needed. It was free, but at this point I will buy the full pro version. Since it's the first extension that actually protects tracking, ads, and all that garbage that is all over webpages. Amusing part? The stuff that this "Protect my choices" was supposed to block or protect? Was in the Ghostery items. LOL Even after I had specifically stated to be opted out of all that stuff.
2022-06-07
To*****
es excelente. aunque google le ponga muchas trampas, pero muy buena extension.
2022-05-31
Si*****
en It`s very good! thanks!
2022-04-29
Ri*****
en Doesn't work.
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