• @[email protected]
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      I’m using boost, I’ve not got any ads?

      Looking trough the settings, there’s no way to turn ads off or on, and no payment for them. Just a voluntary donate button.

          • @[email protected]
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            71 month ago

            I believe there’s a donation button after paying for it. If you didn’t pay for boost then there are ads inter-stitched.

              • K3CAN
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                Same. I don’t remember paying for it, but I know donated through the Reddit version, so it would make sense that I would have also purchased the lemmy version if I was given the option.

                I just like using Boost because I can have the exact same interface between both Reddit and Lemmy. The Reddit version was removed from the Play store, though, so I needed to side-load it when I switched to this new phone. Still works, though.

                • @[email protected]
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                  It was removed because the dev has to pay for your use of the api. And I think reddit also just removed a bunch of api endpoints.

      • Redjard
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        11 month ago

        Do you have dns-based adblock? That reliably stops boost from fetching and displaying those.

    • @givesomefucks
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      I don’t understand why people use apps instead of web interface…

      That the apps serve ads makes it even more confusing

        • @ccunning
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          111 month ago

          “Sucks” is generous. Maybe it’s passable on desktop?

          Also there are apps without ads.
          In fact I didn’t know there were apps with ads before this post.

      • @momocchi
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        71 month ago

        I use an app (Voyager) and have no ads, they just chose one with ads for some reason

      • THCDentonOP
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        41 month ago

        Im just used to it from reddit. Its comfy

        • @jasep
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          61 month ago

          If you’re interested in trying an app with no ads, I’m using Thunder and it’s great. Cross platform for Android and iOS.

        • @PlantJam
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          51 month ago

          The ad free upgrade for boost is only a few dollars. I don’t remember if it’s done through the app or the play store, though.

          • THCDentonOP
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            21 month ago

            I might. Ads are pretty unintrusive on lemmy, but these caught my eye

        • @[email protected]
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          I used Boost back in the Reddit days, but when I came over to Lemmy I found there were much better ad-free apps, like Voyager.

      • @[email protected]
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        31 month ago

        Only Boost and Sync have added ads. There are much better FOSS Lemmy clients like Voyager, that are ad-free and have a much better interface than web.

      • Hanrahan
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        11 month ago

        Jerboa, Raccoon etc dont do ads(get them.from F sroid) . Boost does if you don’t buy it.