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Set up a DNS proxy, point your son's iPad at it, tail the log and then blacklist domains that serve these ads. Bonus, this can also be used to remove YouTube a

Set up a DNS proxy, point your son's iPad at it, tail the log and then blacklist domains that serve these ads. Bonus, this can also be used to remove YouTube and other kinds of ads as well as all the phone-home "analytics" if that's your thing. -- Edit -- Some options: http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html + ToDo's via Google https://github.com/apankrat/dnswhisperer https://github.com/apankrat/dnswhisperer or more generally https://github.com/search?utf8=&q=ad+blocking+dns https://github.com/search?utf8=&q=ad+blocking+dns There are also 3rd party services that provide this function. They have obvious privacy issues, but for a kid's iPad it might be an option.

deecewan 9y ago
+1 for Pi-Hole for this sort of thing. Comes with pre-built lists of sites, and has a nice admin ui to handle blocks/allows.
lucasverra 9y ago
Also, the kid and father could pihole the shait out of it. I know i really want to do it. Q: About ad blocking dns projects in general, what's the downside ? (beside jeopardizing the future of the internets)
- ybrah 9y ago
  Making people who have passive ad income upset enough to tell people not to use it but in a non confrontational way
- guelo 9y ago
  The same downside as adblockers: some websites will break or block you.
apapli 9y ago
Wow, thanks!
seanp2k2 9y ago
The thing you want for this is called Privoxy. There are scripts out there to convert e.g. Easylist to Privoxy format. It should take less than an hour to get it all going.
intoverflow2 9y ago
Another alternative is buy him a Nintendo handheld instead of an iPad. No ads, no dodgy content, quality games.
- ekianjo 9y ago
  what if you dont like Nintendo games ?
  - nf05papsjfVbc 9y ago
    The games are for a young child. It is quite unlikely that Nintendo makes a game that is unsuitable for or disliked by people of that age. They are the one console maker who focuses on gameplay experience instead of graphics technology.
  - fnord123 9y ago
    Then don't buy a Nintendo handheld...?
  - tdy721 9y ago
    proxy him and tail the logs?
  - intoverflow2 9y ago
    Get a PSVita instead it's a ridiculously underrated handheld and will be going cheap these days. But as it was a young kid we're talking about I think it's safe to say there will be something on Nintendo that they're into. My main point was more just you really do get what you pay for and if these things on iPads bother you then please vote with your wallets and buy products from companies that actually care about quality of their software.
  - snegu 9y ago
    There are tons of 3rd party games for the 3DS. If you can't find games you want to play on it, then you're not looking.
  - lanius 9y ago
    The console is supposedly for the kid, not you. I've never met a 4-year-old who didn't like Nintendo games.

deecewan 9y ago

+1 for Pi-Hole for this sort of thing. Comes with pre-built lists of sites, and has a nice admin ui to handle blocks/allows.

lucasverra 9y ago

Also, the kid and father could pihole the shait out of it. I know i really want to do it. Q: About ad blocking dns projects in general, what's the downside ? (beside jeopardizing the future of the internets)

ybrah 9y ago
Making people who have passive ad income upset enough to tell people not to use it but in a non confrontational way
guelo 9y ago
The same downside as adblockers: some websites will break or block you.

apapli 9y ago

Wow, thanks!

seanp2k2 9y ago

The thing you want for this is called Privoxy. There are scripts out there to convert e.g. Easylist to Privoxy format. It should take less than an hour to get it all going.

intoverflow2 9y ago

Another alternative is buy him a Nintendo handheld instead of an iPad. No ads, no dodgy content, quality games.

ekianjo 9y ago
what if you dont like Nintendo games ?
- nf05papsjfVbc 9y ago
  The games are for a young child. It is quite unlikely that Nintendo makes a game that is unsuitable for or disliked by people of that age. They are the one console maker who focuses on gameplay experience instead of graphics technology.
- fnord123 9y ago
  Then don't buy a Nintendo handheld...?
- tdy721 9y ago
  proxy him and tail the logs?
- intoverflow2 9y ago
  Get a PSVita instead it's a ridiculously underrated handheld and will be going cheap these days. But as it was a young kid we're talking about I think it's safe to say there will be something on Nintendo that they're into. My main point was more just you really do get what you pay for and if these things on iPads bother you then please vote with your wallets and buy products from companies that actually care about quality of their software.
- snegu 9y ago
  There are tons of 3rd party games for the 3DS. If you can't find games you want to play on it, then you're not looking.
- lanius 9y ago
  The console is supposedly for the kid, not you. I've never met a 4-year-old who didn't like Nintendo games.