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What makes you think the company that makes the best AR wouldn't put ads in it. The top 3 in the field Microsoft, Facebook, and Google to some extent, would nev

by w-ll 7y ago

What makes you think the company that makes the best AR wouldn't put ads in it. The top 3 in the field Microsoft, Facebook, and Google to some extent, would never let you disable ads let alone override them with something you wish.

Qwertystop 7y ago
If people are buying the AR to remove ads, the company that makes AR that just replaces ads with other ads probably won't sell much.
blfr 7y ago
This is demonstrably not true today because Google wrote the operating system of my phone and I block all ads on it.
- jjulius 7y ago
  To your point, I was about to respond to OP as well, and point out that ad-blockers can be installed on Chrome. Then, I remembered that that's not likely to be the case in the near future[1]. https://www.wired.com/story/google-chrome-ad-blockers-extensions-api/ https://www.wired.com/story/google-chrome-ad-blockers-extens...
  - TeMPOraL 7y ago
    > and point out that ad-blockers can be installed on Chrome On desktop, yes (not for much longer). But not on Android.
    - dheera 7y ago
      FireFox on mobile can run plugins including ad-blockers. The lack of plugins on mobile Chrome is starting to become a deal-breaker for me.
      - officeplant 7y ago
        IIRC Firefox Mobile is not going to allow extensions anymore within the near future. Although finding the article that brought it up is proving difficult.
        TeMPOraL 7y ago
        Are you thinking about their recent "new Firefox" beta that didn't include extensions? AFAIR this was because they deemed it non-essential for the MVP - but the public response quickly corrected that mistake.
        officeplant 7y ago
        Oh sweet I'm glad they backtracked on that.
dheera 7y ago
If I own a piece of physical hardware, they can't dictate how it runs software. Hardware ultimately listens to its owner, which is me, not them. If they try to interfere with that, I will try every route I can to ensure my personal freedom. For phones you can do most of what you want with LineageOS and Xposed; for AR headsets I'm sure something similar can be done and it's just a matter of time before hackers get together and make freedom a reality.

by w-ll 7y ago

Qwertystop 7y ago

If people are buying the AR to remove ads, the company that makes AR that just replaces ads with other ads probably won't sell much.

blfr 7y ago

This is demonstrably not true today because Google wrote the operating system of my phone and I block all ads on it.

jjulius 7y ago
To your point, I was about to respond to OP as well, and point out that ad-blockers can be installed on Chrome. Then, I remembered that that's not likely to be the case in the near future[1]. https://www.wired.com/story/google-chrome-ad-blockers-extensions-api/ https://www.wired.com/story/google-chrome-ad-blockers-extens...
- TeMPOraL 7y ago
  > and point out that ad-blockers can be installed on Chrome On desktop, yes (not for much longer). But not on Android.
  - dheera 7y ago
    FireFox on mobile can run plugins including ad-blockers. The lack of plugins on mobile Chrome is starting to become a deal-breaker for me.
    - officeplant 7y ago
      IIRC Firefox Mobile is not going to allow extensions anymore within the near future. Although finding the article that brought it up is proving difficult.
      - TeMPOraL 7y ago
        Are you thinking about their recent "new Firefox" beta that didn't include extensions? AFAIR this was because they deemed it non-essential for the MVP - but the public response quickly corrected that mistake.
        officeplant 7y ago
        Oh sweet I'm glad they backtracked on that.

dheera 7y ago

If I own a piece of physical hardware, they can't dictate how it runs software. Hardware ultimately listens to its owner, which is me, not them. If they try to interfere with that, I will try every route I can to ensure my personal freedom. For phones you can do most of what you want with LineageOS and Xposed; for AR headsets I'm sure something similar can be done and it's just a matter of time before hackers get together and make freedom a reality.