Ad blocking

pi-hole

>>61218984
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.

>>61218916
>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?

>>61221832
Because ads don't just creep up in your browser

>>61218916
>not having adguard

>>61222162
>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.

>>61218916
baka ads that open up another tab

https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/90284/does-penalizing-ad-blocker-users-limit-a-companys-user-experience

https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/96680/asking-nicely-or-actively-combating-ad-blocking-what-are-the-ux-implications

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26305981/how-to-prevent-users-to-use-ad-blocker-on-my-website

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.

>>61222162
Yes I do, and many other lists. You'd know if you'd actually click the link.

>>61218916
How is Adguard even legal? it's a company that makes money by breaking terms of use of websites

>>61227173
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.

>>61221907
root your shit and use xposed/fdroid

>>61218916
>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?

>>61227336
Rooting and jailbreaking is a security risk, which I'm not willing to take.

>>61227365
>Do they equate exposure to money or something?
Yes, you don't click on your tv either, right? Exposure is sufficient

>>61227365
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

>>61227708
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.

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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.

https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/1/15726778/chrome-ad-blocker-early-2018-announced-google

>>61229131
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.

>>61230361
Some ad blockers already have an acceptable ads filter on by default, google is just building the same thing into their browser.

>>61228575
You have an extremely selective memory of ads in 2005. Do you remember what a popup was?

>>61218916
>phones can't run adblockers
What? Adaway exists. If you're this cuck >>61227636 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

>>61230632
Yes, and I didn't get them much unless I visited porn or torrent sites.

>>61230640
Adaway requires root. Not gonna happen. And from what I can tell NetGuard simply blocks the Internet connection all together...

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.

>>61231205
Faggot, it modifies the hosts file on your phone.

>>61232340
Which requires root access.

>>61221760
>Firefox Mobile with uBlock Origin
This is the best way to browse on a phone.

>>61230664
What was the point of this post?

I use DNS66 to block ads on my stock android phone.

>>61235572
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

>>61235729
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.

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>>61227173

>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

>>61232340
How fucking dense are you? How do you edit the hosts file without root?

>>61235813
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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>>61235843

ad nauseam tbqh

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>running adblockers in your browser

wow, I thought /g/ knew better.

>>61235843
how does that relate to trump?

>>61235843
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