AdGuard used in your DNS, whether at device level or in your router can also accidentally make certain functions fail. A lot of activity that redirects you to a secondary sight may get blocked with zero explanation. Updating an e-reader library (Nook) was blocked. I'm not saying don't use AdGuard. I'm just saying that if you run into issues with things that used to work, check to see if it's AdGuard.

[–] BagOfHeavyStones@piefed.social 2 points 31 minutes ago

I just put these DNS servers into my device and most ads disappear with no effort...

Not sure what tracking they do of me though.

AdGuard DNS will block ads and trackers. 94.140.14.14 94.140.15.15

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 3 hours ago

Adblock is a form of self-care and should be enabled at all times tbh

[–] jwt@programming.dev 62 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Well at least it isn't a beer ad.

[–] elvith@feddit.org 17 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

They even got ads for horse piss now?!

[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 7 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

If they can get people to buy it, they'll sell anything.

[–] 667@lemmy.radio 3 points 4 hours ago

That’s why the adage goes “a fool and their money are soon parted”.

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 hours ago (4 children)

Inb4 “you can’t block ads on an iPhone”. Wipr2 for $4.99, independent developer, active on the Fediverse (Mastodon). uBlock Origin Lite for free, slightly less capable. Both only work on Safari. Adguard Pro is $10 and uses a “VPN” to block ads. Sometimes it doesn’t work. (It used to be $1, that’s what I paid for it.) I use Wipr2 now and I’ve uninstalled apps that serve ads like IMDb and YouTube. I just access them in Safari now.

Of course Advertise with uBlock Origin in Firefox is the better option. And it doesn’t autocorrect iPhone to something else like my iPhone just did when I tried to type the name of a rival platform. That’s not a typo, that’s an iPhone feature, and it can’t be disabled. (I can go back and manually fix it, but the fact that it does it at all is pretty bad.)

[–] katze@lemmy.4d2.org 1 points 16 minutes ago

Imagine paying money to block ads.

[–] plz1@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

NextDNS makes all of the browser stuff you're talking about moot, other than ads served by the app/site itself. Also blocks ads in apps, games, etc. I can't even remember what it was like to play a mobile game that has video ads jammed in your face.

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago

NextDNS

Definitely checking that out, thanks.

And if it can block ads on my Apple TV, I'm definitely paying them for it. It looks like setup is tricky but not difficult.

[–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

Holy mackerel, GrapheneOS and Ironfox are free, unmonetized software ya know...

Guess I'm not surprised, but you Apple users live like this?

[–] AnAmericanPotato@programming.dev 1 points 6 minutes ago

Nope. Setting up an ad-blocking DNS server, or installing a web browser with an ad blocker, is as easy (and free) on iOS as it is on Android.

Look up instructions for Mullvad DNS or NextDNS.

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

How do I install those on my iPhone? /s

...I can't? You're saying I have to throw a thousand bucks at Google first? Sorry, I don't have that. I live like this? Working for a living and most of my money going to pay bills? Yep. Can't imagine what it's like to not worry about money.

But really dude, money is a lot easier to spend when it's hypothetical or somebody else's.

Also, custom firmware like GrapheneOS can stop supporting your device at any time. They're under no obligation to support your phone.

And this tribalism isn't a good look for anybody. Just use what makes you happy. Or what you can afford. Or what you have. There's no better way to say you made poor choices and are unhappy about that than to shame people for using a different product than you do.

[–] katze@lemmy.4d2.org 1 points 13 minutes ago

Also, custom firmware like GrapheneOS can stop supporting your device at any time. They’re under no obligation to support your phone.

Apple is under no obligation to support your phone.

There’s no better way to say you made poor choices and are unhappy about that than to shame people for using a different product than you do.

It's more like being astounished that someone would choose an option that is clearly inferior when a better alternative exists. Like choosing reddit over lemmy.

[–] Ooops@feddit.org 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Most ads are gone when your DNS blocks them anyway. Can't you change your DNS on iPhones? Preferably to secure ones, too.

[–] abacabadabacaba@infosec.pub 3 points 2 hours ago

https://mullvad.net/en/help/dns-over-https-and-dns-over-tls#ios

[–] CannonFodder@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

Well, that stuff is pretty much just water, so it's ok.

[–] Retail4068@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago

It's like watching boomers get mad on Facebook. Folks, you can visually see the shitty Photoshop.