Wondering how much of the Lemmy user base wouldn’t use an adblocker. If you do use one what other blocking do you use to circumvent data collection, YouTube and reddit front ends and things alike?
If you do use one what other blocking do you productively use to circumvent data collection, YouTube and reddit front ends and things alike?
I use an ad blocker, and in addition also use Pi-hole for network-wide domain based tracker blocking. I use tailscale to use this on my phone, but also have Tracker Control (the real version installed from F-Droid) to do something similar if for some reason I need to disable Tailscale (only one can be used at once, as they both use the VPN method).
I use my usual addons like privacy badger, Ghostery, ublock and Tampermonkey to get rid of the annoying “disable your adblocker” message on youtube.
You only need uBlock Origin for all that.
For mobile, you might need to block ads at a DNS level instead.
I have NO idea how to do that
Firefox supports ublock.
Not on iOS.
Well, can’t account for all niche operating systems, especially when they’re that restrictive.
AdGuard, Vinegar, Banish
Those are what I use on iOS.
AdGuard on iOS has a DNS that blocks ads as well as gambling and porn I believe, it basically piggy-backs off of the VPN feature.
Ads in apps don’t care about that. DNS blocking will take them too.
Por que no los dos?
Shout out to the PiHole and the PiHole team.
firefox:
kiwi browser:
cromite:
A lot of people. For many, it’s not even something they know exist. Even setting it up for them is a bother because of the occasional site it breaks, and the complete lack of technical awareness.
There’s also many of us who don’t use a laptop/PC to access the Internet.
There’s Android browsers with AdBlock. Mozilla is one of them…
firefox and ublock origin works on a phone just as well
Custom dns
I almost exclusively use my iPhone - I have ad blockers on it. AdGuard, Banish, and Vinegar.
Firefox on Android and its many derivatives (I use Fennec) have uBlock Origin as a browser extension.
I have adblock on my phone ;)
I know some of family don’t because they mostly rely on mobile devices and devices like Chromecasts where installing ad blockers can be a challenge. They don’t use traditional computers.
They know apps like NewPipe exist but the effort to port things over or not get recommendations is too much for them.
I do use ad blockers and open source front ends/software/alternatives. Ex. AntennaPod instead of Spotify for podcasts and Linux instead of Windows because I didn’t like ads in the start menu (amongst numerous other things).
I’m so proud of my kids who will demand adblockers if something in their YouTube app or their browser is broken. Even though they like to see toy ads now and then. But when they get the amount a regular mortal receives it’s too much, even for them.
I get you. I like receiving honest real reviews for things rather than be advertised to. Let their quality speak for it. I also hate even minor spoilers for movies/TV shows/video game that you see in trailers.
My wife, she plays mobile games where you get temporary boosts if you watch an ad.
You both know that good ad blockers let you whitelist some games?
I have 2 tablets, 1 to play the games, 1 to run the ads for those games. (And the ad tablet has nothing else on it)
your wife has too much “free” time
Yeah, she should be spending her time doing much more productive things like shutting on other people’s wives on niche nerd forums.
Care to explain your comment?
I’m going to guess that they do not approve of those games and think that the wife is an inferior person because she enjoys something that they don’t.
Because I am not sure if I want a 3rd party “controlling” my trafic. It sucks that my behavior is shared around in ad networks but I am not sure if the ad blocking components are more trustworthy. There are certainly good solutions out there but I am sceptic of the explosion of new ad blocking tools. Having said that, I never did a deep research to check if my scepticism is justified…
I don’t. I know they exist, and I could probably have one set up in under ten minutes, but I just don’t care.
And I know what they do. I know what they collect. I used to sell online ads for the local paper, geomapping and all that shit. They still know.
Laziness.
Plus, if it’s too many ads and too much tracking, maybe it’s my using the thing that’s the problem.
This is my exact feeling as well. Too lazy to worry about blocking the ads; too dissatisfied if I have to deal with too many ads.
Yea. And all the work and effort put into ad blocking maybe could have been better spent on working how to create spaces and platforms that didn’t require ads?
Can’t help but feel we have moved on from the expectation of things being free on the internet and that ad blocking fanatics are a little stuck in the past.
Y’know, I used to feel the same on that sentiment, but then I realized it’s like me saying “why invest in suntan lotion when you can stay inside on hot days?” But some people like to go out into the sun even in summer, so wearing suntan lotion is the smart, sane thing to do. Just because I like to reminisce about how nice it was to go for a jog in the winter doesn’t invalidate that people like to go to the beach in the summer.
I think we absolutely should expect and strive for a better, more free internet. But if you’re gonna tread the risky waters of the internet, then you should put on some adblock.
Some of us are ignorant though, so I’ll continue raw-dogging the internet and probably get my identity stolen again.
I only recently started using uBlock but it’s not really because of ads (which I don’t mind too much as long as they don’t prevent me seeing the page content). I use it mainly to automate the rejection of cookie popups, which have become absolutely absurd.
I would use one, I’m not opposed, but I’ve just never bothered. I don’t use a lot of sites with prominent ads.
By default I’m using adblocker but when I notice I’m visiting a new site more frequently like wikis for games, I disable it and keep it off if the site is usable.
if the site is usable
Unfortunately most of them are in Fandom so that’s a big no.
I need to start doing this more. I just forget
I turn off my adblocker for YouTube if it’s a creator who should be getting revenue from the video. I’m not happy with Google’s cut of it though…
I don’t because I work in SEO and I need to see how some things just work to troubleshoot or find hidden gems from competitors.
However, on my home computers I absolutely do!
I have been using adguard dns on my phone for years. For the past one year or so also using adblockers on browser (Firefox). Used to watch youtube with ads. Got fed up moved to watching youtube in browser with adblocker, then finally moved to newpipe sponsor block when youtube started adblocker shenanigans. For pc I use cloud flare dns, regular adblockers (Firefox) and keep privacy and security settings on strict.
