The ads you’re viewing in popular apps have been co-opted by companies harvesting your location data — and now hackers have it.

  • @[email protected]
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    304 days ago

    I had set up ad suppression on my home network. The very next day my wife and kids hold an intervention. When I play my games I can’t watch the ads and get the credits, and the top links on Google don’t work anymore.

    It was a losing battle. Now only the smart devices and I are on the blocking system.

    • @nalinna
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      4 days ago

      That totally sucks, I’m sorry. I will freely admit to being annoyed when I try to click a top link on Google and being black-holed. Still worth it to not deal with the ads.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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      104 days ago

      Did you explain to them that the top links aren’t relevant to their search, but are instead sponsored ads?

      • @[email protected]
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        54 days ago

        They are paid results, but they are often not irrelevant especially if you’re looking to purchase something.

        They’re not the best price or necessarily the best vendor, but more often than not they are indeed exactly what you’re looking for.

        • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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          54 days ago

          I only ever look for apps by name, and the top results are always different apps than what I typed in, so for me they’re completely irrelevant trash.

          • @[email protected]
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            24 days ago

            Ahh I can see that. I’m usually looking for a list of products by class, or a very worst a specific product. I’m going to end up buying it from Target Walmart or Amazon, so that top search result is 1/3 of my research out of the way.

            • FiveMacs
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              14 days ago

              That’s just a list of things you should always avoid anyways…