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I switched to FF years ago. I used to root my Android phones but I'm getting too old (read; jaded) to care now, Firefox means that with uBlock I _still_ never s

I switched to FF years ago. I used to root my Android phones but I'm getting too old (read; jaded) to care now, Firefox means that with uBlock I _still_ never see ads on my phone. I pay for apps I want to use, and I don't use apps which don't have an alternative to ad-supported, with one exception being Twitter and "Promoted" tweets, which I can spot and skip in a blink.

eingaeKaiy8ujie 5y ago
For Android I can also recommend Bromite. It's Chromium-based with a built-in ad blocker and focus on anti-fingerprinting. https://www.bromite.org/ https://www.bromite.org/
- alias_neo 5y ago
  Thanks for the suggestion. I currently see no reason to switch from FF which I use everywhere and benefit from Sync. Hopefully someone else will find it of interest.
- moneywoes 5y ago
  Anyhing like this for ios that is chromium based
pluc 5y ago
If you want to have fun with Twitter ads, block the advertiser whenever you see them. After two weeks or so you start to get really.. different stuff.
- dredmorbius 5y ago
  Howso? (Not on Twitter, can't run the experiment myself.)
- esnard 5y ago
  Can you elaborate? I'm not sure if this is something I would prefer to current ads, or something I would want to avoid.
  - d3nj4l 5y ago
    Back when I used to use Twitter is found it funny. I used to get cranks and hustlers with the occasional “Why is this random personal tweet promoted?” experience mixed in.
  - pluc 5y ago
    Once you block out the "big advertisers", you get advertisements from smaller companies or even individuals.
    - dylan604 5y ago
      That actually sounds like something is working within AdTech! How can that possibly be?
      - pluc 5y ago
        A good lie is based in truth!
- alias_neo 5y ago
  When you say "block", do you mean Twitter block the account which is the Advertiser?
  - pluc 5y ago
    Yes, so that Twitter in their algorithm figures out that you can't consume this particular ad, it finds others. The more you block, the smaller the pool of advertisers is.
    - alias_neo 5y ago
      Nice, I have a new Twitter game to play, thanks.
  - plushpuffin 5y ago
    Block the account whose tweet is being promoted, and/or the account promoting it (sometimes there will be tiny text saying "promoted by"). You'll never see tweets from that brand again, whether promoted or unpromoted. After a few weeks of this you'll get some pretty strange tweets from really obscure brands. You will however still regularly see promoted tweets from financial services companies, because there are apparently an infinite number of them.
- extr 5y ago
  I've been using twitter since 2009 and do this religiously, I have literally thousands of corporate accounts blocked. My ads at this point are incredibly niche, bordering on surreal. Sometimes I will retweet them just because they're so absurd.
  - moneywoes 5y ago
    Any highlights?
jethro_tell 5y ago
Same, but I use twitter mobile in FF and ad block. I'd prefer a subscription option to ads and an app that's all up in my shit. I have a few apps that I just use the mobile web version. The bonus is that there is no app collecting gps and lists of installed apps and such, though, in theory, the new permissions help with that.

eingaeKaiy8ujie 5y ago

For Android I can also recommend Bromite. It's Chromium-based with a built-in ad blocker and focus on anti-fingerprinting. https://www.bromite.org/ https://www.bromite.org/

alias_neo 5y ago
Thanks for the suggestion. I currently see no reason to switch from FF which I use everywhere and benefit from Sync. Hopefully someone else will find it of interest.
moneywoes 5y ago
Anyhing like this for ios that is chromium based

pluc 5y ago

If you want to have fun with Twitter ads, block the advertiser whenever you see them. After two weeks or so you start to get really.. different stuff.

dredmorbius 5y ago
Howso? (Not on Twitter, can't run the experiment myself.)
esnard 5y ago
Can you elaborate? I'm not sure if this is something I would prefer to current ads, or something I would want to avoid.
- d3nj4l 5y ago
  Back when I used to use Twitter is found it funny. I used to get cranks and hustlers with the occasional “Why is this random personal tweet promoted?” experience mixed in.
- pluc 5y ago
  Once you block out the "big advertisers", you get advertisements from smaller companies or even individuals.
  - dylan604 5y ago
    That actually sounds like something is working within AdTech! How can that possibly be?
    - pluc 5y ago
      A good lie is based in truth!
alias_neo 5y ago
When you say "block", do you mean Twitter block the account which is the Advertiser?
- pluc 5y ago
  Yes, so that Twitter in their algorithm figures out that you can't consume this particular ad, it finds others. The more you block, the smaller the pool of advertisers is.
  - alias_neo 5y ago
    Nice, I have a new Twitter game to play, thanks.
- plushpuffin 5y ago
  Block the account whose tweet is being promoted, and/or the account promoting it (sometimes there will be tiny text saying "promoted by"). You'll never see tweets from that brand again, whether promoted or unpromoted. After a few weeks of this you'll get some pretty strange tweets from really obscure brands. You will however still regularly see promoted tweets from financial services companies, because there are apparently an infinite number of them.
extr 5y ago
I've been using twitter since 2009 and do this religiously, I have literally thousands of corporate accounts blocked. My ads at this point are incredibly niche, bordering on surreal. Sometimes I will retweet them just because they're so absurd.
- moneywoes 5y ago
  Any highlights?

jethro_tell 5y ago

Same, but I use twitter mobile in FF and ad block. I'd prefer a subscription option to ads and an app that's all up in my shit. I have a few apps that I just use the mobile web version. The bonus is that there is no app collecting gps and lists of installed apps and such, though, in theory, the new permissions help with that.