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Agreed. The X ads were terrible and annoying until I flipped on that "Let X ad track you" and at least I get tolerable ads on mobile. (uBlock Origin blocks them

Agreed. The X ads were terrible and annoying until I flipped on that "Let X ad track you" and at least I get tolerable ads on mobile. (uBlock Origin blocks them on desktop) The For You feed varies week by week but is generally okay. I make heavy use of lists, mute words, etc to clean things up. X is a train wreck, but an interesting and useful one, depending on who/what you follow.

WalterBright 2y ago
I bought a premium account on X and the ads went away. I bought a premium Prime account on Amazon, and yet some of their shows still have embedded commercials. grrrr.
- runjake 2y ago
  I have Premium and I still get half the ads as free. Plus, I get constant ads to upgrade to Premium+ for ads-free. Premium+ is probably what you have.
  - tomrod 2y ago
    I use bluesky and so far have no ads and lots of great journalism and academic lists to follow. Greatly enjoying it, feels like Twitter 2012 or so.
    - runjake 2y ago
      I have Bluesky, but I don't really like it as much. The UX is much better than X, though. On Bluesky, I pretty much follow the people I followed before they fled Twitter. However, they complain a lot about politics, Elon Musk and the US President Elect on their timelines. I could unfollow, and do in some cases, but that would pretty much leave me with nothing to read on Bluesky. That, and the weird tech people I get the most value from still post primary on X, so I deal with it.
      - tomrod 2y ago
        These are the current events, so it isn't unwarranted to see complaints. They will likely complain about other things in the future :)
        runjake 2y ago
        That's their right, but complaining about it isn't how I like to do things. I don't want to read it, so I don't visit Bluesky much at all. I'm more interested in ideas on how to adapt and move forward and be resilient. To be honest, I kind of like to have my beliefs challenged as well, and X provides that.
grues-dinner 2y ago
Use Firefox and you can block them on mobile as well.
- runjake 2y ago
  Safari, with an ad blocker, does block them on mobile, as well. I should have noted I was talking about the X mobile app.

WalterBright 2y ago

I bought a premium account on X and the ads went away. I bought a premium Prime account on Amazon, and yet some of their shows still have embedded commercials. grrrr.

runjake 2y ago
I have Premium and I still get half the ads as free. Plus, I get constant ads to upgrade to Premium+ for ads-free. Premium+ is probably what you have.
- tomrod 2y ago
  I use bluesky and so far have no ads and lots of great journalism and academic lists to follow. Greatly enjoying it, feels like Twitter 2012 or so.
  - runjake 2y ago
    I have Bluesky, but I don't really like it as much. The UX is much better than X, though. On Bluesky, I pretty much follow the people I followed before they fled Twitter. However, they complain a lot about politics, Elon Musk and the US President Elect on their timelines. I could unfollow, and do in some cases, but that would pretty much leave me with nothing to read on Bluesky. That, and the weird tech people I get the most value from still post primary on X, so I deal with it.
    - tomrod 2y ago
      These are the current events, so it isn't unwarranted to see complaints. They will likely complain about other things in the future :)
      - runjake 2y ago
        That's their right, but complaining about it isn't how I like to do things. I don't want to read it, so I don't visit Bluesky much at all. I'm more interested in ideas on how to adapt and move forward and be resilient. To be honest, I kind of like to have my beliefs challenged as well, and X provides that.

grues-dinner 2y ago

Use Firefox and you can block them on mobile as well.

runjake 2y ago
Safari, with an ad blocker, does block them on mobile, as well. I should have noted I was talking about the X mobile app.