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Huh. I've just never installed any ad-based applications. If there's a no-ad paid version for a buck or two I'll buy it, otherwise, I just don't use it.
by lambda 10y ago
Huh. I've just never installed any ad-based applications. If there's a no-ad paid version for a buck or two I'll buy it, otherwise, I just don't use it.
- rplnt 10y agoHow did you know which apps have ads? Until recently it was not shown anywhere I think?
- pjmlp 10y agoPlay Store comments, magazines and web sites that review applications? I never install anything that hasn't been reviewed.
- lambda 10y agoIf it's a gateway to a paid service (music stores, Uber, Lyft, etc), it generally won't have ads. If it's free, but not a gateway to a paid service, I check to see if source is available; if source is available, it generally doesn't have ads (and if it does, I can just build it myself and remove them). If the above checks fail, I check for a paid, ad-free version. If such a version exists, that implies the free version has ads. If the price is reasonable, I'll buy it, otherwise I'll skip it. Finally you have free-as-in-beer but not as in freedom apps, that don't have paid alternative or any other way of generating revenue. I just assume those apps are either encrusted in ads or scams, so I don't install them.
- fps 10y agoThe latest version of the play store identifies apps that show ads or have in-app purchases. https://files.derf.us/Screenshot_20160801-105001.png https://files.derf.us/Screenshot_20160801-105001.png
- dublinben 10y agoIf you only download Free Software, like from F-Droid, you can be certain it won't have advertisements or other creepy features. The Play Store is a wild west of crap though, so you have to be much more careful.
- rodgerd 10y agoThat sounds great in theory, until you pay for the no-ad version and the developer crams ads in a month or two later.