Ads have become beyond horrible. They're unsolicited, annoying, are used to spy on you, and may even contain malicious payloads.
How do you guy block ads? I'm using adblockers within my browsers, and my router to block ads [1] for devices which I can't run an ad blocker on, such as my phone.
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You obviously don't know what theft and crime is.
>for devices which I can't run an ad blocker on, such as my phone.
I use AdAway on my phone, as well as Firefox Mobile with uBlock Origin. I don't see ads on my phone. On my laptop, I'm just using uBlock Origin, since I don't have applications that could have ads embedded in them.
>devices which I can't run an ad blocker on, such as my phone
why don't you just use ublock origin on your phone?
Because ads don't just creep up in your browser
>not having adguard
>costs per year
Why would I use this over Adblock Plus? Im trying to save money. A one off cost is fine but an annual renewal is just too much.
baka ads that open up another tab
I set up pi hole on a raspberry pi 3 hooked into my router. It's just a dns server that blocks ad domain requests.
Also set it up as a VPN server that only redirects DNS requests to my pi from outside the network (requires a key) so my phone has ad block from outside my home as well. It's pretty chill. Do recommend.
Yes I do, and many other lists. You'd know if you'd actually click the link.
How is Adguard even legal? it's a company that makes money by breaking terms of use of websites
Because usage of adblockers is on an opt-in basis. Moreover, it's eventually up to the user which content they want and don't want to receive. And making money out of it is good capitalism.
So stop whining.
root your shit and use xposed/fdroid
>and may even contain malicious payloads
this is the main issue.
Ad companies, especially porn related ones are very heavy into the shady business, so they'll do fucking anything to get spyware and shit on your computer.
It's getting so bad now that legitimate sites I use all the time are making their content inaccessible unless I disable my adblocker, so now I need to find yet another way to get around their anti-adblock detection.
It's a constant game of cat and mouse.
Do people exist who actually buy shit from ads? Like it's just been drilled into everyone's brains to never click on ads.
How do they still continue to exist?
Do they equate exposure to money or something?
Rooting and jailbreaking is a security risk, which I'm not willing to take.
>Do they equate exposure to money or something?
Yes, you don't click on your tv either, right? Exposure is sufficient
It's not immediate. It's about a subtle, insidious seed they sow in your mind. Maybe not now, maybe not tomorrow, but someday, when you're in the market for a new toaster or need to book a hotel, you think "what do I know about x? Oh, there was that thing in those ads..."
Now, this doesn't work for everything, and doesn't work on everyone, but there's a lot of people, who will live a long time, and inevitably, the ad's work will be done
It's called brand awareness. You are more likely to buy their widget if you know the brand name rather than one you've never heard of.
When cigarette ads were banned on TV in Australia some tobacco companies started advertising prestige products, like after-shave and perfumes, bearing cigarette brand names. Anything to keep their name in the public view.
Hence the "naming rights" contracts for sports venues and office buildings. The Australian Grand Prix is sponsored by Fosters, a brand that is not all that popular in Australia, but the international publicity/prestige is priceless.
The best way for ads not to be that intrusive and horrible is not to fight against them
Of course I'm fucking joking but I've seen this like of reasoning and it's disgusting. I just use adblock plus. To be honest, if ads were like in 2005 with them normal pages (you know the average banner on the side that would almost never change and wasn't intrusive enough to even accidentally click on it) I would be cool with it. But today sites like even this one are just disgusting, fucking terrible. Advertising has become more aggressive because people can't stand being wrong period. The more you tell them to fuck off the more people come to your fucking house, it's disgusting.
Seems like Chrome might clean up this mess next year with an acceptable ads filter on by default.
Most people don't install ad blockers so this could be a great change for ads on the web.
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That's funny considering Google's revenue is mostly based on ads. I'm also not sure how this will be implemented as I agree with the article that it grants Google power over what websites will look like. Adblockers are opt-in, but this feels like a scary opt-out.
Some ad blockers already have an acceptable ads filter on by default, google is just building the same thing into their browser.
You have an extremely selective memory of ads in 2005. Do you remember what a popup was?
>phones can't run adblockers
What? Adaway exists. If you're this cuck then NetGuard.
Yeah DAE remember how awesome ads were back in the day?
CONGRATULATIONS YOU WON
*CLICK CLICK CLICK* HEY WHATS UP HERES 5 POPUPS FOR YOU
FLASHING RED AND GREEN
RANDOM PORN GIF POPUP OF SOME DUDES BALLSAC VIEW BANGIN A GIRL
Nahhh if we just let advertisers do their thing I'm sure they'll tone it down a bit
Yes, and I didn't get them much unless I visited porn or torrent sites.
Adaway requires root. Not gonna happen. And from what I can tell NetGuard simply blocks the Internet connection all together...
>rooting your phone poses a greater security risk than running an operating system with thousands of unpatched vulnerabilities
The solution to the ad problem for me is to just not visit sites with stupid ads anymore.
99% of the time I spent surfing was wasted anyway. And most of the good websites don't have ads or just unobtrusive ones (e.g wikipedia or stackexchange).
Who cares if I can't read clickbait listicles anymore. It's only a quality of life improvement.
Faggot, it modifies the hosts file on your phone.
Which requires root access.
>Firefox Mobile with uBlock Origin
This is the best way to browse on a phone.
What was the point of this post?
I use DNS66 to block ads on my stock android phone.
Seems cool, but as long as you configure a system you trust. I'm not to happy sending all my DNS queries to a third party black box.
>2017
>Still no Unbound in F-Droid
By default it runs it locally. Setting up a pi-hole and pointing your phone to it also shouldn't be too hard, but I can't be assed to do that much work when it's already working for me.
>mute television and go into another room during commerical break
>cops kick down the door and arrest you for stealing the tv show
>welcome to trumps america
How fucking dense are you? How do you edit the hosts file without root?
True, but if I'd setup a Pi hole I'd simply configure my DHCP server to send DNS queries to my Pi hole directly. And if I'm on the move I'd use a VPN to connect to the same Pi hole.
how are some websites bypassing ublock and forcing even more adds until you whitelist them like gelbooru. Do they pay the ublock creators?
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ad nauseam tbqh
>running adblockers in your browser
wow, I thought Sup Forums knew better.
how does that relate to trump?
irrelevant because the TV channel already sold the ad time for money, but for the website, you have to see the ad in order for the website to get revenues