Just a heads-up, you can get 1 CPU and 0.6 gigs of RAM for free with the new entry tier of GCP: https://cloud.google.com/free/ (Disclaimer: Google employee, unrelated product area)
So, one gets 1 VPS for free forever..?
Set up a cheap cloud hosted adblocker in an hour for $2.50 a month
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Re: Set up a cheap cloud hosted adblocker in an hour for $2.50 a month
#42How sad is that we need to jump trough hoops to just disable ads on our devices. And before ads advocate responds - ask for my money instead of polluting my mental space.
There are certain attempts to bring this "pay for content" to masses. Current model of subscribing to each site doesnt work. I dont think there is one widely adopted solution exists that would let you do one payment and access to sites. I sae attempts like cointent and brave, but whether they stick or not is yet to be seen.
Ps:google emp.
Re: Set up a cheap cloud hosted adblocker in an hour for $2.50 a month
#43Just a heads-up, you can get 1 CPU and 0.6 gigs of RAM for free with the new entry tier of GCP: https://cloud.google.com/free/ (Disclaimer: Google employee, unrelated product area)
Notwithstanding the irony of one google service hurting another, the free tier only has 1GB of free egress traffic right?
Re: Set up a cheap cloud hosted adblocker in an hour for $2.50 a month
#44Note that this is just a DNS-level adblocker, which is already quite useful (I use a HOSTS file myself) but isn't quite as powerful as an actual MITM/filtering proxy like Proxomitron which can more precisely remove the content you don't want without having to block entire domains. If you use DNS-only blocking, you will often see error messages in place of banners and other oddities, because of sites which partly host…
Woah, Proxomitron, that's a blast from the distant past!
Has anyone picked up development of anything similar these days?
Re: Set up a cheap cloud hosted adblocker in an hour for $2.50 a month
#45Just a heads-up, you can get 1 CPU and 0.6 gigs of RAM for free with the new entry tier of GCP: https://cloud.google.com/free/ (Disclaimer: Google employee, unrelated product area)
Notwithstanding the irony of one google service hurting another, the free tier only has 1GB of free egress traffic right?
Dang, you're right, I forgot about that. So not so suitable, unfortunately.
Seems like root + a local hosts adblocker is still the best solution for Android, or a local VPN for iOS (do they have those on Android? never checked).
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#46Re: Set up a cheap cloud hosted adblocker in an hour for $2.50 a month
#47What kind of insane world do we live in where we can't block ads on our own devices?
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#48Just a heads-up, you can get 1 CPU and 0.6 gigs of RAM for free with the new entry tier of GCP: https://cloud.google.com/free/ (Disclaimer: Google employee, unrelated product area)
.2 cpu
Re: Set up a cheap cloud hosted adblocker in an hour for $2.50 a month
#49My number one reason for rooting my phone is blocking ads on a hosts-file level. It also stopped me from being able to play pokemon go, which I assume is for the best.
How do you do this?
I rooted my HTC one, put hosts in /etc/ but somehow the phoen "ignores" it?
Re: Set up a cheap cloud hosted adblocker in an hour for $2.50 a month
#50Note that this is just a DNS-level adblocker, which is already quite useful (I use a HOSTS file myself) but isn't quite as powerful as an actual MITM/filtering proxy like Proxomitron which can more precisely remove the content you don't want without having to block entire domains. If you use DNS-only blocking, you will often see error messages in place of banners and other oddities, because of sites which partly host…
There's also Privoxy, which can block ads based upon URLs, as well as doing other clever stuff like blocking cookies. It falls back to host-level blocking for SSL, unfortunately.