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Sega releasing every console game for free with ads on mobile

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Re: Sega releasing every console game for free with ads on mobile

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Post by psibi »

gambiting wrote: post #60
asadlionpk wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This hack works. I wish there was way to disable internet for some apps. I am sure that's possible on android.

Not without rooting it isn't. I don't think even Android 7.0 has an option to disable internet access on per-app basis - you can disable most permissions, but accessing the internet does not require a special permission(there used to be an INTERNET permission but it has been removed by Google)

Haven't tried if it works but my android version (6.0.1) seems to have an option for disabling internet for specific apps. Note that I haven't rooted (yet). Going to Settings -> Data Usage -> Settings will show me a list of apps and I can chose between following four options Allow, Forbidden, Wi-Fi only and Data only.

Re: Sega releasing every console game for free with ads on mobile

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Post by mmjaa »

apapli wrote: post #29

Having a 4 year old son I am the first person to put my hand up and say I absolutely HATE ads and general in-app purchases for games that he likes to play on my iPhone. In some cases the way these are implemented it is almost akin to being in a casino which is not a skill I really want my son picking up (watch this ad to see what prize you can WIN etc). I welcome Sega's announcement and will be delighted to hand over…

My kids love The Land of Venn series:

https://itunes.apple.com/at/app-bundle/learn-master-geometri...

Re: Sega releasing every console game for free with ads on mobile

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Post by deecewan »

huhtenberg wrote: post #64
apapli wrote: post #29

Having a 4 year old son I am the first person to put my hand up and say I absolutely HATE ads and general in-app purchases for games that he likes to play on my iPhone. In some cases the way these are implemented it is almost akin to being in a casino which is not a skill I really want my son picking up (watch this ad to see what prize you can WIN etc). I welcome Sega's announcement and will be delighted to hand over…

Set up a DNS proxy, point your son's iPad at it, tail the log and then blacklist domains that serve these ads. Bonus, this can also be used to remove YouTube and other kinds of ads as well as all the phone-home "analytics" if that's your thing. -- Edit -- Some options: http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html + ToDo's via Google https://github.com/apankrat/dnswhisperer or more generally https://github.com/search…

+1 for Pi-Hole for this sort of thing. Comes with pre-built lists of sites, and has a nice admin ui to handle blocks/allows.

Re: Sega releasing every console game for free with ads on mobile

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Post by lucasverra »

huhtenberg wrote: post #64
apapli wrote: post #29

Having a 4 year old son I am the first person to put my hand up and say I absolutely HATE ads and general in-app purchases for games that he likes to play on my iPhone. In some cases the way these are implemented it is almost akin to being in a casino which is not a skill I really want my son picking up (watch this ad to see what prize you can WIN etc). I welcome Sega's announcement and will be delighted to hand over…

Set up a DNS proxy, point your son's iPad at it, tail the log and then blacklist domains that serve these ads. Bonus, this can also be used to remove YouTube and other kinds of ads as well as all the phone-home "analytics" if that's your thing. -- Edit -- Some options: http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html + ToDo's via Google https://github.com/apankrat/dnswhisperer or more generally https://github.com/search…

Also, the kid and father could pihole the shait out of it. I know i really want to do it.

Q: About ad blocking dns projects in general, what's the downside ? (beside jeopardizing the future of the internets)

Re: Sega releasing every console game for free with ads on mobile

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Post by ClassyJacket »

asadlionpk wrote: post #57
manmal wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most ads don't work without a connection, so for games that allow it, I just disable Wifi on my son's iPad. Works great for e.g. Zombie Tsunami, it's actually a way better experience without wifi.

This hack works. I wish there was way to disable internet for some apps. I am sure that's possible on android.

I agree. I wish there was a way of disabling internet on a per-app basis. The iPhone has this for mobile data, but not for wifi.

Even if it was a passive permission - i.e. you had to specifically go into settings and disable it, rather than being asked for each app - I'd be fine with that.

Re: Sega releasing every console game for free with ads on mobile

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Post by dmitrygr »

asadlionpk wrote: post #57
manmal wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most ads don't work without a connection, so for games that allow it, I just disable Wifi on my son's iPad. Works great for e.g. Zombie Tsunami, it's actually a way better experience without wifi.

This hack works. I wish there was way to disable internet for some apps. I am sure that's possible on android.

search play store for "no root firewall"

enjoy

Re: Sega releasing every console game for free with ads on mobile

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Post by BigJono »

semi-extrinsic wrote: post #27
codezero wrote: post #17

Touch Arcade isn't impressed so far :/ http://toucharcade.com/2017/06/23/musgravian-musings-sega-fo...

> Somehow, someway, SEGA is using an emulator that is worse than the one they were using in the 2009 iOS releases. That emulator wasn't very good to begin with either. Ouch. Releasing an emulator that runs slower on modern hardware than their old emulator did on old hardware? Sounds like they used whatever the iOS equivalent of Electron is called.

Stealthily sledging Javascript in unrelated threads seems to be becoming a sport in these parts

Re: Sega releasing every console game for free with ads on mobile

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Post by ClassyJacket »

fnayr wrote: post #30
beefsack wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm starting to get to the point where I wish people weren't allowed to call advertising supported products "free." I don't know what other term would be better, but I feel like users are paying some non-monetary cost.

Apple changed apps with In App Purchases from being able to say "Free" to "Get." Maybe they'll do the same with ad supported apps as well.

Just noting that they changed that for all apps, even truly free ones with no ads or purchases.

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Post by gmac »

PakG1 wrote: post #48
apapli wrote: post #29

Having a 4 year old son I am the first person to put my hand up and say I absolutely HATE ads and general in-app purchases for games that he likes to play on my iPhone. In some cases the way these are implemented it is almost akin to being in a casino which is not a skill I really want my son picking up (watch this ad to see what prize you can WIN etc). I welcome Sega's announcement and will be delighted to hand over…

That's funny. I remember not being allowed to go to Chuck E Cheese's or play carnival games that offered prizes for the same reason, parents didn't want priming for casino visiting. I guess the more things change, the more they stay the same.

I often wonder if this kind of extreme parenting is more or less likely to result in the negative consequences the parents are trying to avoid.

One could hypothesize that, having never learned to enjoy a pleasure in moderation, a person might be more vulnerable to going off the rails with it later on.

Anecdotally, the friends I have that are most prone to binging on sugary things are the ones who were never allowed sugar as kids.

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