My feed was full of "How to get pregnant" ads. And not the porn type, but the medical faceless mannequin type.
Not sure if I successfully blocked big tech to spy on me and they have no idea what to offer me...or they know somethinh (โข_โข)
this post was submitted on 06 Aug 2023
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Set your DNS to dns.adblock-dns.com on your phone, and get uBlock Origin on your computer. It's been so long since I've seen any ads.
That DNS didn't work for me. dns.adguard.com works and blocks 71% of ads according to this tool
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Man I've been sat here wondering what the fuss was with ads. It's not the only client I'm using, but when I do, I see no ads.
And then I saw this and remembered that I did this a couple years ago.
NextDNS is free, and blocks all the ads on Sync as well as most others elsewhere
doesn't hide the empty spaces though, but oh well
I am using the non-rooted AdAway blocker and I am not seeing any empty space, in case you want to try.
EDIT: Or maybe I am not being served adds because my location, so I cannot be 100% sure about the spaces.
I'm on rooted Adaway. No ads but spaces are there. Not a lot, though, so it's easy to overlook.
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there is a button under privacy to revoche the gdpr consent.
i pressed it and i don't have any ads (yet) just gray boxes
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I'm still not getting any ๐คซ
Same, I never got ads. But just to thank dev for his impressive app, I bought the noads version even if I never saw one once. Go figure... I'm in Canada btw maybe there's a prob with ads here I dunno
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I tried Sync but I like Jerboa better. Free, no ads
I never tried sync, or any other app. I started with Jerboa and very happy with it. I'm here to stay.
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My feed shows gambling apps ๐ (I hate gambling with a passion)
They've shown up for me to later which made me uninstall sync and go back to jerboa
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Block them. Google NextDNS, takes about 10 seconds to set up with a simple change in your phone's DNS settings.
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ad is a boomer ass clickbait ad about how solar energy is definitely worse than anything else.
Is this an advert for a product or service? It sounds more like propaganda. Who is funding this stuff?
Could be all kinds of people, right wing shit exists everywhere but it's especially on the rise in Germany rn with the right extreme party (AFD) growing rapitly in polls and the "conservative" party CDU leaning heavily to the right since they lost power.
I love the phrase "boomer-ass clickbait". Gonna have to work that into rotation somehow.
The developer is not responsible for the targeted ads users get AFAIK
Of course he is. They can always set up their ads to avoid scammy clickbait shit. But those pay the most so this is what we get.
The developer is responsible for putting ads in his app. Not saying I disagree with the sentiment behind your statement because it's technically correct, but the developer has to take some degree of responsibility when they decide to open up their app to basically uncontrollable outside information being displayed to the users. Which is why ad-supported free versions of apps are a damned plague in my opinion. Would rather the free version was missing some functionality instead encouraging users to opt for Pro or Ultra. Unlocking features, not paying to remove ads that weren't and aren't on the Lemmy platform itself in the first place.
I'm not a heavy lemmy user yet (been busy playing Baldur's Gate 3, woo!) but I've had Sync for Lemmy since the day it released, it's up to date, and I have not seen a single ad yet. I'm using a Oneplus Nord N20, and I don't have any adblockers installed, except the add-on in my Firefox app. Is it just me?
I believe ads are only showing in certain views. The more compact views like List which I use, does not have any ad support lol. When I swapped to the larger cards view I immediately saw ads there.
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I don't have the funds to pay for ultra
There's also a cheaper ad-free version without the ultra features. Tap the profile picture in the top left, then "remove ads".
It's not cheaper at all sync ultra is โฌ3 a month and add free is a โฌ20 one time payment.... If he doesn't have the โฌ3 p.m. for ultra, what makes you think he can pay โฌ20 upfront
It's the Vimes boots scenario!
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I still haven't seen any ads when using sync
Honestly I rarely see ads on the app. I mostly get temu ads.
Go to most news sites and they're bombarded with shitty ads taking up 80% of the screen space
On sync I may be see 1 small ad per 10-15 posts, tops.
You can setup the type of ads you want or do not want on your Google account. Which will impact sync ads since it uses Google Ads
Try installing an ad blocker. For example, Adguard is pretty good, but must be downloaded from their website instead of from Google Play (ad blockers that can block ads system-wide are not allowed on Google Play). The are also various dns-based ad blockers such as nextdns, which can block ads in apps as long as you can change your device's DNS.
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I just get Temu ads really. They are few and far enough between that I dont mind them.
I'm grateful this is a step up from the ads I often get on Snapchat which are usually gambling sites or alcohol brands.
Would be curious how difficult it was for ads to be incorporated into a lemmy client though. Also how do they decide what ads to play.
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