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Why would i do this if i can do it for free ? If it's a PC: - Change the hosts file with adblocked domains or.. - Install an extension on the browser; On the phone we have firefox with adblock extensions as well. So, why would i pay for adblocking ?
Another solution: install DD-WRT or Tomato in your WiFi router and disable all ad servers on the DNS: http://dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Ad_blocking Pay attention: this might interfere with some google functionality because it will block google ad-services. You'd have 2 workarounds: switch your searches to Duck-Duck-Go or keep google ad-services out of the disable DNS addresses.
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Horrible company with absurd ID requirements. I stopped trying to be validated user after confirming my email, confirming my text message and being close to send them my government issued IDs for God knows who and when to hack into them and steal it for identity fraud purposes. Edit: oh and don't expect much customer support help for 99cents per month, even if their customer support is located in Cambodia.
Actually, both their data center and their support team are located in Lithuania. Time4VPS is essentially the international brand of the largest ISP in the country. I was sceptical at first, but I have a VPS running there for a few months, serving 100k hits per day, with no technical problems from their side so far. I just used their support once, but they responded in minutes.
How 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.
Subscription payments can be extremely profitable, leading the the continued existence and even expansion of the site. The only downside is that only people who subscribe can see the majority of the content.
Ads merely mean that more people can access the same information, including people who could have never or would have never paid for it.
Subscriptions are merely less egalitarian.
My 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.
If you have a Samsung Galaxy with Knox (S6+ I think), you can use Adhell which works without rooting and has all the capabilities of root adblock.
This is really neat and I had thought about doing this when I acquired a new Android device that I don't have root on. Alternatively, a program was made to host a DNS process on the phone in userland that downloads blacklists as well as uses external well known nameservers. Then use build in VPN client to redirect all DNS queries through to the daemon. DNS66 has been doing a fine job since I started using it last wee…
If that's a Samsung with Knox, you can use Adhell without rooting (recommending as a happy user): https://www.reddit.com/r/Adblock/comments/5aovzp/adhell_ads_...
If you want something even cheaper, check out https://www.time4vps.eu/pricing/# ! If you purchase a 512MB RAM machine for two years it is €0.99/month!