• @mipadaitu
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    104 days ago

    I pay for an ad blocking VPN, and run ublock origin. I’m sure ads take up much less of my data than that.

    • @[email protected]
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      54 days ago

      Not trying to make this promotional. Which one do you use?

      I have a pi-hole at home so I never thought about it, but and I’m considering one for mobile.

      • cobysev
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        64 days ago

        I’m not the guy you’re replying to, but I use Proton VPN, which seems to do a pretty good job blocking ads. I also added “dns.adguard.com” to my private DNS setting on my phone and tablet. Most ads are just gone now.

        I also use uBlock Origin on my Firefox app. Then I disabled the YouTube app (I have a Google phone, so I can’t get rid of it) and redirected all YouTube links to my Firefox browser. No more ads on mobile YouTube now!

      • @ziggurat
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        14 days ago

        Set up wireguard on the same host as your pi-hole?

  • monk
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    34 days ago

    Just uninstall whatever shows you ads.

  • @[email protected]
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    24 days ago

    Nextdns is an easy possible solution to cut down on ads. But I wonder what their business model is?

    • @Blue_Morpho
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      44 days ago

      Likely selling the data on every website you visit.

  • @[email protected]
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    -14 days ago

    Rather than paying for that wasted data, there should be a service that lets you pay the sites displaying the ads directly – like an internet tax going to sites you visit. Problem solved. And it would cut ad providers out of the loop.

    • @[email protected]
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      34 days ago

      The enshittification of the subscription model here is a gradual increase in ads until you have no choice to purchase on mobile because otherwise your data is tanked. Subscriptions work for now; they might not in the future.

      • @[email protected]
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        14 days ago

        Are you saying there is a risk that they would salami-slice their way back to having ads even on the subscription, as happened with YT premium?