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It's a pity that there is no Ad Block for apps. I hate in app ads like the one on the Craiglist app in the example picture, and I refuse to use any app that was
by NathanKP 13y ago
It's a pity that there is no Ad Block for apps. I hate in app ads like the one on the Craiglist app in the example picture, and I refuse to use any app that wastes screen space on ads like that, unless they have an ad free paid version that I can buy to avoid the ads.
- grinich 13y agoCheck this out: https://www.disconnect.me/kids https://www.disconnect.me/kids
- randomhunt 13y agoI've used an AdBlock alike proxy on an OpenWRT a few years ago which stopped a lot of ads in apps and XBox360, it worked surprisingly well until a power surge killed the box and I've never investigated hacking my new router. Perhaps there's a market for such a plug-and-play product?
- alook 13y agoWhoa interesting! I've heard of people playing OpenWRT pranks like Upsidedown-ternet [1], but it's cool to see more practical use cases of router-level filtering. Did you hand-roll the ad proxy or find something open-sourced? I'm definitely a believer that if you don't want ads, the resources should be widely available to avoid them. [1] http://ex-parrot.com/~pete/upside-down-ternet.html http://ex-parrot.com/~pete/upside-down-ternet.html
- devcpp 13y agoIf you have jailbroken your iPhone, use any of the many Cydia packages that do just that. If you haven't... why not?! On rooted Android, AdAway.
- philip1209 13y agoOverkill, but I run a VPN on my iPhone and block the ad servers at the DNS level.
- grogenaut 13y agoThat's actually the next Stealth YC startup that will come out late 2014 once URX takes hold.