You may have abolutely no interest in exploring an alternative to your present browser. I can’t resist. Perhaps this is naive, but I make the effort because I think some diversity encourages developers to work harder to improve their products. If everyone continues to use the standard products, what motivation do developers have to offer a better product? A little competition is a good thing.
Anyway, Opera is now both free and free of ads.
When I tried it today, I immediately found something I really like. When the bookmark sites, you have immediate access to a window for annotating your bookmark.
The business model for free software? According a pundit podcast I heard, offering priority access to Google (note the search box in the screen capture image) can be worth millions.