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Just install uBlock on your friends and families browsers. Most people seems fine with being tracked if that means they get "offers" they don't want to miss. I
by Moru 5y ago
Just install uBlock on your friends and families browsers. Most people seems fine with being tracked if that means they get "offers" they don't want to miss. I however detest anything connected to advertisement to the level that I frequently hang up when our own sales people call me because I directly spot a salesperson, even before I recognize the voice... Quite embarrasing sometimes :-)
So I install uBlock, uMatrix and Pi-hole everywhere. Also help customers do the same with sane defaults so they get rid of most stuff without burning their whole browser.
And as an advertiser we don't have to pay for the people that didn't want to see our ads in the first place, win win loose :-)
- PaulBGD_ 5y agoSpecifically, uBlock Origin
- ornornor 5y agoTo add: the iPhone has no adblocker BUT nextdns gets rid of all ads on my non jailbroken iPhones. Except YouTube. So I don’t use the YT app.
- Nextgrid 5y agoiPhone has AdGuard which is decent. There's also Lockdown Privacy which acts as a local VPN server (that the device itself connects to) which can filter in-app spyware such as the Facebook SDK.
- ornornor 5y agoCan they block YT ads? It’s the only place I’m getting ads on my phone.
- Nextgrid 5y agoNot sure - I recommend just using Invidious for this. Host your own private instance on a small computer at home. Put it on a random domain/port and it's unlikely to be discovered so you don't even need auth.