[Dead Company Refugee] I've not seen a single ad... (lemmy.fmhy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by GlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/general_discussion@lemmy.fmhy.ml

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First post on the glorious Fediverse. I joined the moment the protest start, and I have to say, I have yet to see a single advertisement, targetted or otherwise, sans a few honest (fedditors? Don't hang me) offering commission work. I was born just in time to see the death of IRC and the birth of targetted advertising and social media headed by corporate interest. Mark my words, Lemmy, I ain't going back. I really hope this is the start of a shift to a renewed, decentralized internet.

PS. Who do I donate to? Is there a patreon for Lemmy or general instances?

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[-] buckykat@lemmy.fmhy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

Wait, you were using that other site without blocking ads? How and also why?

[-] GlitchyDigiBun@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I was referring to mobile apps, which are notoriously difficult to filter ads from.

[-] buckykat@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I mean, a big part of why reddit wants to get rid of third party apps is that they weren't serving its ads.

[-] Saitama@lemmy.fmhy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

But that was not the app's fault. Reddit's own API would not send ads to the apps.

[-] buckykat@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, but that's kind of beside the point here. My question was why a user of Reddit would choose to use the ad riddled official app instead of an ad free third party one

[-] AlexLight@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

(on android, idk if there is a ios version) you can block ads system wide with blokada 5 (there is also 6 in the playstore but I believe that isn't free)

[-] ElCrusher@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

ReVanced will repack the Reddit app to remove ads. I tried doing all the patches but it wouldn't work. That being said, I much prefer Lemmy.

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