Browser-based ads are fairly easy to block on Android with Firefox using the same addons you'd expect on the desktop (AdBlock Plus/Edge/etc). But yeah, for a w

Browser-based ads are fairly easy to block on Android with Firefox using the same addons you'd expect on the desktop (AdBlock Plus/Edge/etc). But yeah, for a while I just made a point of unlocking the bootloader and installing supersu on any new device just so I could run AdFree (simple hosts file/blacklist solution) to block the ads in apps. Still, I recently got a replacement for a broken phone and while I unlocked the bootloader immediately (kind of a pain once you've set your phone up) I haven't gotten around to installing AdFree. Turns out most of the apps I use anymore don't include those sorts of ads. Of the ones that do show an ad window inside the main part of the app (and not just in a settings window or something), it really did remind me that I ought to plunk down the $1-2 for the ad-free version. They're apps I use often enough and with Adfree I didn't even realize there were ads in the app. For the handful that I don't care about or use shitty intrusive ads, I just uninstall them once I notice it. I feel a lot better about it because I'm supporting the non-shitty developers and uninstalling the ones I'd rather not support. But for browsing...oh hell yes I use an Adblock extension in mobile Firefox. The ads that show up on mobile sites are 10x worse than what I see on the desktop, they take up more screen space, they waste data when my plan is capped at 5GB monthly, and they're easily dealt with via the addon.