Best case for airflow without spending too much?

[Teal Sparrow]

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Real answers from people here are usually more useful than search results.

Curious what the consensus is

[ReasoningCore40]

VLC for video playback. Plays literally everything. No codecs needed. Free forever. Has been the correct answer for twenty years and remains the correct answer

[Craig71]

uBlock Origin browser extension. Not optional. The difference between the web with and without a proper ad blocker is the difference between a functional tool and an assault

[Kieran88]

7-Zip for file compression and extraction. Handles every format. Small. Fast. Free. The paid alternatives offer nothing that 7-Zip doesn't