Comment on inundated by ads on iPhone. how do i stop them?

• Tandybaum@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Random apps are going to be harder. Best option for your home network will be to setup a pihole. I’ve causally followed it but never actually set one up myself. I’ve heard it’s great.

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  • FakedFunk@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    piHole is just a home network solution; correct? If I leave home it does nothing. Again, I’m an idiot

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    • kratoz29@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Again, I’m an idiot

      Just to let you know, if you are willing to learn you are not an idiot at all ;)

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    • legostepper@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It is possible to set up pihole on the free tier of Google cloud and stay connected to it at all times through a VPN. I have been using that for a few years now with minimal issues. Here’s a tutorial on how to do it.

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    • wildcelt@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Pi-hole at home and pi-hole+PiVPN while away. Works perfectly

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    • Tandybaum@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yep, it would only work inside your home network.

      You’re not going to have much luck blocking ads within apps with any other option I’m aware of. Maybe android has some OS wide ad blocking but iOS doesn’t.

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      • clubb@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Android has dns66, which kinda works; per example, on youtube, home ads are not blocked. Video ads are though, besides youtube’s own ads, which are baked into the app

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      • FakedFunk@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I appreciate you

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• SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeo ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Adguard will work in other apps via DNS if you get the premium version.

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  • DustyNipples@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You can get a lifetime premium licence for a good discount if you look around. Highly recommended.

    Think I got it for about €20

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    • SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeo ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah I got the family plan off stack social a few years ago for $30. Definitely worth the money.

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• pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I tell all my friends to use Brave browser. It works fine out of the box. I’ve also heard some success with Firefox Focus. You can watch youtube in there too without ads. Configure the settings to allow background audio and you can listen with your phone screen off too.

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  • Zitronensaft@feddit.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The Brave browser was full of ads for crypto currencies last time I looked into it. It hardly seems like a good option for someone who is trying to avoid ads.

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