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I'm always baffled when I see people using a desktop web browser without an ad blocker. We have the technology to fix this, folks! It takes like two clicks! Use
by coldpie 4y ago
I'm always baffled when I see people using a desktop web browser without an ad blocker. We have the technology to fix this, folks! It takes like two clicks! Use it!
https://ublockorigin.com/ https://ublockorigin.com/
- ed25519FUUU 4y agoAdblocking is one of the primary reasons I will always use the mobile site over the app. Why cede over navigation controls and privacy to an app when I can keep it all sandboxed in a familiar and (adblocked) place?
- CoastalCoder 4y agoAny suggestions for ad blocking on mobile? I've been using Chrome on Android, which is pretty much the experience you'd imagine (both pros and cons).
- xur17 3y agoBrave, hands down.
- coldpie 4y agouBlock Origin works great in Firefox for Android.
- jacooper 4y agoBrave or Firefox with ublock origin
- capableweb 4y ago> Any suggestions for ad blocking on mobile? Firefox on Android supports extensions last time I used Android, and uBlock Origin works on mobile.
- CaptainZapp 4y agoI concur. Can't remember when I've last seen an add on mobile and I use exactly that. Firefox with uBlock Origin on a cheap ass Motorola phone with not very much memory.
- burkaman 4y agoI use https://nextdns.io/ https://nextdns.io/. Blocks ads in most apps, not just browsers.
- manuelmoreale 4y agoSecond this. If you’re on iOS you can also do NextDNS + 1Blocker to block ads both at the browser and network level.
- Nemi 4y agoI use Blokada 5 (Blokada 6 sends your info to the cloud). Uses a VPN to block all app ads.
- mmh0000 4y agoiOS: AdGuard — https://apps.apple.com/us/app/adguard-adblock-privacy/id1047223162 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/adguard-adblock-privacy/id1047... Android: AdAway (works best with root access) — https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.adaway/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.adaway/
- mariushn 4y agoKiwi browser, is Chromium without extensions disabled by Google https://kiwibrowser.com/ https://kiwibrowser.com/
- bcrl 4y agoSome of us believe that content creators should get paid. It's a pity that ads are the lowest friction method easily available to the general public to accomplish this.
- account42 3y agoContent creators mostly don't get paid in the ad-supported model. Only a few do, and even they only get scraps left over after the middlemen take their cut.
- ravenstine 4y agoCreators can get paid in other ways. It's their choice to rely on something people both (rightfully) hate and are willing to block for revenue. If a creator must make a living by throwing State Farm ads in front of me again and again, I can't say I have much sympathy.
- The_Colonel 4y agoIf you don't agree with creator's reward mechanism Simple then you can simply not consume their content.
- account42 3y agoIf you don't agree with people consuming public content in whatever way they like, including stripping unwanted parts, you are free not to make your content public.
- ravenstine 4y agoMost "content" is not worth the bytes they are encoded in, so usually I don't.
- JohnFen 4y agoSince I don't "consume" any "content", job done!
- corymovie 4y ago
- karaterobot 4y agoIt looked from the screenshot in the article that they're inserting ads that look like regular messages — similar to how HN puts ads in the feed which look like regular posts. I'm not sure uBlock would catch those, though I both run uBlock and have never seen these ads, so maybe it does.
- NegativeLatency 4y agoBeen using 1Blocker on iOS in combination with my home adguard dns server
- davidmurphy 4y agoI see ad blockers as theft, and highly unethical. I strongly oppose them.
- rcme 4y agoI see forced ad viewing as theft of attention. I see online trackers as truly insidious behavior.
- School-Cotton 4y agoHow’s it forced? Nobody is forcing you to use Gmail.
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- bloqs 4y agoYou view advertisers right to display to your eyes and ears as absolute?
- LeifCarrotson 4y agoI see advertisements as theft of my attention, and highly unethical. I strongly oppose them.
- mcdonje 4y agoI see them as something to be negotiated, like most things in society. I don't like them, but I also don't want to pay for something with actual money out of my bank account unless I really believe in it. Since most people are like that, there's a monetization barrier for a lot of content that could make it difficult for a lot of talented creators to keep the lights on. Ads can be done in very annoying and unethical ways, but they can also be relatively benign. I would welcome a better model less prone to abuse. Maybe a ubiquitous micropayment service. Like Patreon, but more available, like a little tip jar button that regular content creators can add, and more micro-er to cut down on transaction fees.
- rektide 4y agoOne of those really great & powerful things about webapps being built on the DOM. The DOM is flexible & malleable & we can sculpt our own experience. It's a broadly pro-user capability that native apps categorically lack. That humanity can actually participate in & have say on the computing medium is an incredible wonder. One, alas, that many people see as a weakness!!
- wooque 4y agoI'm baffled people are still using Gmail
- BaseballPhysics 4y agoOr pay a few bucks a month for an email service that has an aligned set of incentives.
- PaulDavisThe1st 4y agoThen add some version of the Steven Black /etc/hosts blacklist, and you're golden. The nefarious web, or most of it, simply disappears to almost anything running on your computer.