Comment on Block your ads

foodandart@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You can block in-app tracking and ads largely with DNS-based blocking.

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• floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  pi-hole would’ve blocked this, you’d most likely still get the same pop-up area but it would be blank

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  • ftbd@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Do you keep a constant VPN connection to your home network?

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    • numanair@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yes, but it’s split dns using wireguard. That was only the dns and such goes through it.

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• Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is not necessary.

  Just use the adblocker dns service for your phone. Takes like 2 minutes, it’s free, and you’ll never see ads.

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  • Viceversa@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That doesn’t work with https ad though

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    • Fiery@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It does, dns happens before the request to the server happens. So instead of connecting to the ad-server the dns says ‘the resource you’re looking for doesn’t exist’ and the ad never loads.

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      • Viceversa@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yeah, you’re correct.

        There’s another problem yet: a lot of ads nowadays use the main domain of the site as the source. So you can’t block it without blocking the site as a whole.

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  • Mongostein@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    How does one do this?

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    • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      On Android, enable private DNS, and set it to dns.adguard-dns.com.

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      • Mongostein@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        To….?

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• REDACTED@infosec.pub ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Slightly more advanced, but Lucky Patcher is still handy for getting rid of in-app ads. Don’t use it on apps that can ban you tho (especially online games). DNS designed to block ads works too.

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• sjmarf@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There’s a version of uBO available for Safari now. apps.apple.com/gb/app/…/id6745342698

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• Mountainaire@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Switch to AdNauseam, a fork of uBO that maliciously attacks advertisers in the background with no increased data usage on your end!

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  • foodandart@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My one beef with AdNauseam is that for some reason on my system, it acts really wonky on youtube. Otherwise, it’s a gem.

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    • Mountainaire@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Huh, weird, what does it do? I can’t remember ever experiencing any noticeable difference on YT when switching from uBO to AN!

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      • foodandart@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I would get that “adblockers are against the YT TOS” message. If I refreshed the page, it would work every third time or so.

        Weird.

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• TastehWaffleZ@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Thanks, I just swapped over to an iPhone and was getting fed up with the fact that it doesn’t lower my have real Firefox worth uBO, didn’t know about 1blocker!

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  • BurntWits@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If you’re using Safari you can still get uBO, it’s just called uBlock Origin Lite instead. It’s what I use, it’s quite good.

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