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> sell a subscription so I could browse the web without this bullshit You don't need any subscription, just install uBlock Origin or whatever blocker works bes

> sell a subscription so I could browse the web without this bullshit You don't need any subscription, just install uBlock Origin or whatever blocker works best and if you want to provide financial support those FOSS projects mostly accept donations.

madars 5y ago
You can't have uBlock Origin (or anything similarly powerful) on iOS as all browsers are skins for Mobile Safari. But you can install Firefox with full extension support on Android!
- opinion-is-bad 5y ago
  It’s not uBlock, but I’ve found AdGuard to be very effective at blocking ads on mobile safari.
- fabianhjr 5y ago
  Yeah, I have been using Firefox and uBlock Origin on mobile and I am amazed how other put up with the web without ad blockers
notriddle 5y ago
That's not a sustainable solution. You should definitely do it, because ad networks are cesspools of lies, fraud, and malware, but let's not pretend that it's an answer to the question of where the money to pay for all this cool stuff comes from.
- nomdep 5y ago
  > You should definitely do it, because ad networks are cesspools of lies, fraud, and malware And that’s after removing the ads
- fabianhjr 5y ago
  It is the cost of their attempt of centralized monopolist platforms. From the P2P Foundation: > Centralization is required to capture profit. Disintermediating platforms were ultimately reintermediated by way of capitalist investors dictating that communications systems be designed to capture profit. [..] But servers require upkeep. Operators need to finance hosting and administration. As the Internet grew beyond its relatively small early base, Internet service came to be provided by capitalist corporations, rather than public institutions, small businesses, or universities. Open, decentralized services came to be replaced by private, centralized platforms. The profit interests of the platform financiers drove anti-disintermediation. https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Counter-Anti-Disintermediation https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Counter-Anti-Disintermediatio...
m0zg 5y ago
That's what I already do, but the fact that publishers get zero from this is not lost on me.

madars 5y ago

You can't have uBlock Origin (or anything similarly powerful) on iOS as all browsers are skins for Mobile Safari. But you can install Firefox with full extension support on Android!

opinion-is-bad 5y ago
It’s not uBlock, but I’ve found AdGuard to be very effective at blocking ads on mobile safari.
fabianhjr 5y ago
Yeah, I have been using Firefox and uBlock Origin on mobile and I am amazed how other put up with the web without ad blockers

notriddle 5y ago

That's not a sustainable solution. You should definitely do it, because ad networks are cesspools of lies, fraud, and malware, but let's not pretend that it's an answer to the question of where the money to pay for all this cool stuff comes from.

nomdep 5y ago
> You should definitely do it, because ad networks are cesspools of lies, fraud, and malware And that’s after removing the ads
fabianhjr 5y ago
It is the cost of their attempt of centralized monopolist platforms. From the P2P Foundation: > Centralization is required to capture profit. Disintermediating platforms were ultimately reintermediated by way of capitalist investors dictating that communications systems be designed to capture profit. [..] But servers require upkeep. Operators need to finance hosting and administration. As the Internet grew beyond its relatively small early base, Internet service came to be provided by capitalist corporations, rather than public institutions, small businesses, or universities. Open, decentralized services came to be replaced by private, centralized platforms. The profit interests of the platform financiers drove anti-disintermediation. https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Counter-Anti-Disintermediation https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Counter-Anti-Disintermediatio...

m0zg 5y ago

That's what I already do, but the fact that publishers get zero from this is not lost on me.