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Re: Ask HN: Does anybody not use an adblocker?

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Post by t0bia_s »

AdamN wrote: post #88
noisycarlos wrote: post #79

I don't use them. I do pay for the version without ads of the services I use them most though (YouTube, Nebula, Reddit, using Kagi instead of Google, etc). I happen to not use sites that don't offer a version without ads enough for them to annoy me OR I've used FB and it's so annoying that I just stopped using it, which is an improvement on my life anyway. All in all i spend about $30/month to not have ads while supp…

I have YouTube premium and overall probably spend $100/mo on digital content. What bothers me is that even when paying full price I'm getting giant banner ads on the top and a slower experience.

If paying for content consumption does not mean DRM free experience, I'm not interested. Reason is obvious.

Re: Ask HN: Does anybody not use an adblocker?

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Post by t0bia_s »

w0m wrote: post #97
garciasn wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you're located in a non-GDPR (or in a lesser sense CCPA) legislation area, YOU are being tracked cross-site and profiles are being built on your data to better target and sell your behavior for the pleasure of using the Interwebs. Do EVERYTHING in your power to avoid that.

> Do EVERYTHING in your power to avoid that. The question was, "Why should I care?" A nebulous 'They' have had profiles on all of us since at least the 50s regardless; what's the difference and harm?

You know that your data are valuable and make profit for others. You know that those data can be used to manipulate your decisions, to shape your thoughts, your wallet, your voting... Yet, you dont care?

Re: Ask HN: Does anybody not use an adblocker?

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Post by t0bia_s »

hayst4ck wrote: post #130
Spooky23 wrote: post #125

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I just don’t agree and that’s ok. It’s funny that many people paid for newspapers specifically to get ads. Ads were native content and sought out. If you offer content for free, I don’t understand why I have an ethical obligation to look at or read that content, ads included. Personally, I think many of the low quality ad platforms aren’t ads at all - they are information gathering platforms

Life isn't about what you take, it's about what you give. If everyone takes without giving, there is nothing left to take. If everyone gives without taking, there is enough to take when you need it. This is fundamental to how societies operate. This was core christian ethos before it was corrupted by the GOP. This is why the west has higher trust societies, and much of the rest of the world does not. Reciprocity is a…

- So you justify the selfish acts against you through your actions.

Can you apply this analogy on ad and data harvesting companies?

Re: Ask HN: Does anybody not use an adblocker?

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Post by t0bia_s »

Marvy_a wrote: post #77
aserafini wrote: post #48

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I’m just not finding that ads suck that much. Things like mandatory cookie dialog boxes annoy me a lot more.

You can install extension like "I don't care about cookies". AdBlock I'm using has this as a build in feature you can enable.

Addon was acquired by Avast, another data harvesting company.

Re: Ask HN: Does anybody not use an adblocker?

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Post by t0bia_s »

make_it_sure wrote: post #74

Everyone is crazy about privacy, but I don't understand why. If you're not visiting anything illegal, you shouldn't care. It doesn't affect my life at all.

If you don't have anything to say, it doesn't mean that you don't need a freedom of speech.

I guess you still close doors while making s*it or use curtains at your window.

Re: Ask HN: Does anybody not use an adblocker?

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Post by danogentili »

t0bia_s wrote: post #136
aalhour wrote: post #128

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I just changed the DNS on my unrooted Android to AdGuard's, went into the YouTube and I still saw the ads. What am I missing?

You need NewPipe for unbloated, distraction free YouTube on Android.

Or you could also install the Fennec browser, install the ublock extension, go to the desktop version of youtube and click on the install PWA button to install the mobile youtube PWA, which will be affected by ublock.

Re: Ask HN: Does anybody not use an adblocker?

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Post by RGBCube »

aalhour wrote: post #128
RGBCube wrote: post #117

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## If you are rooted: Install AdAway and use the root method; this will modify the system hosts file and redirect the requests to domains that are used to serve ads to 127.0.0.1. Some apps refuse to function if they can't fetch ads, so AdAway has a webserver that listens on 127.0.0.1 that serves a blank webpage to those apps. Follow the directions in AdAway to install the CA certificate in your device. ## If you aren…

I just changed the DNS on my unrooted Android to AdGuard's, went into the YouTube and I still saw the ads. What am I missing?

The DNS can't block YouTube ads because then the whole of YouTube would be blocked. You should use ReVanced instead for this. (Or uBlock Origin in Firefox)

Re: Ask HN: Does anybody not use an adblocker?

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Post by RGBCube »

danogentili wrote: post #146
t0bia_s wrote: post #136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You need NewPipe for unbloated, distraction free YouTube on Android.

Or you could also install the Fennec browser, install the ublock extension, go to the desktop version of youtube and click on the install PWA button to install the mobile youtube PWA, which will be affected by ublock.

That's just a shortcut to youtube.com on Firefox/Fennec, ReVanced (revanced(dot)app) is a much better solution.

Re: Ask HN: Does anybody not use an adblocker?

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Post by AdamN »

t0bia_s wrote: post #141
AdamN wrote: post #88

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I have YouTube premium and overall probably spend $100/mo on digital content. What bothers me is that even when paying full price I'm getting giant banner ads on the top and a slower experience.

If paying for content consumption does not mean DRM free experience, I'm not interested. Reason is obvious.

DRM is fine if you're just renting the content ... but yes the consumer needs to know that DRM for buying is an (entrenched) anti-pattern.

Re: Ask HN: Does anybody not use an adblocker?

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Post by bob_theslob646 »

Sohcahtoa82 wrote: post #103
bob_theslob646 wrote: post #91

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How expensive is this?

~$7.20/month for a t3.micro instance + $1.60/month for 20 GB of block storage, plus a penny or two for the bandwidth usage. But you could do it cheaper than that. A t3.nano is ~$3.60/month and could easily handle running the PiHole, and you could probably get away with only 10 GB of block storage, possibly even less. I choose to use a t3.micro and 20 gig because I do other stuff with my instance.

Thanks
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