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"We might see 4,000-10,000 advertisements a day[1]. Do you remember two advertisements you saw today?" Thank god for adblockers and pity those who do not have
by hutzlibu 3y ago
"We might see 4,000-10,000 advertisements a day[1]. Do you remember two advertisements you saw today?"
Thank god for adblockers and pity those who do not have one or do not know firefox on android still allows them.
- editional 3y agoMobile phones are definitely what keeps the advertising industry alive, especially social media. In my opinion, thats a good thing for the majority of the population. Those who do not care about ads and tracking makes it so evasion still possible (to some extent)
- bt4u 3y ago[dead]
- doctorpangloss 3y agoYou can’t block ads in Facebook, Instagram or TikTok on mobile. Google places Android search ads. In app ads also cannot be blocked. It is a misconception that ad blockers significantly impact the ad market as a whole, obviously they impact Google and web advertisers though.
- fnordpiglet 3y agohttps://pi-hole.net https://pi-hole.net not work?
- doctorpangloss 3y agoNo. The in app ads in Meta properties are served from the same gateway as the rest of the API.
- nilsherzig 3y agoCheckout "revanced" (the git repo) it contains a collection of "patches" for a lot of major apps. There are AdBlock patches for Instagram and TikTok. You can build the patched APKs on your phone using their manager app
- doctorpangloss 3y agoThe truth is it is a net positive for most advertising for Android users to remove themselves.
- hutzlibu 3y agoThanks, I don't use those apps, but know people who can profit of it. Also I really like the given email: nosupport@revanced.app Makes it clear what not to write them (but I bet many still do).
- spondylosaurus 3y agoUnless I'm mistaken, most ad blockers prevent a programmatic auction from even triggering, right?
- gochi 3y agoYes, the only one that doesn't AFAIK is adnauseum as that is their core value, triggering these ads to make it a loss.
- spondylosaurus 3y agoWhich is kind of shitty because (also AFAIK) you end up hurting the publishers who run those ads way more than the advertisers who place them or the ad platforms who facilitate buying and selling the ads... I'm pretty sure a lot of ad platforms will ask for their money back if they find out the publishers are serving ads that don't get seen by human eyes.
- gochi 3y agoI don't know how much of that is true, but yes the intention is to cause disruption to ad systems that encourage data profiling and so groups involved from publishers to the auction owners will be distrustful of one another increasingly.
- bastawhiz 3y agoI use a DNS based ad blocker on Android which is very effective. It sometimes causes minor issues, but it works even outside the browser, blocking ads from apps that spam you at every turn.