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[–] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 8 points 9 hours ago

Don't stop at just ublock. Make sure to also use sponsorblock, yt-dlp, invidious, and NewPipe. Use a VPN. Give Google NO DATA and no attention to ANY ads.

And don't watch Mr. Beast.

[–] larrikin99@hexbear.net 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Been hearing this for years. Firefox with ublock and android with Vanced/revanced literally never noticed a thing

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 5 points 11 hours ago

Without ublock I'd just done with computers/the internet.

[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 9 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Why don't people use ad blockers. Are they stupid?

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 3 points 10 hours ago

i salute their sacrifice

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Fine. Some VPNs offer ad blocking, for those of us on smart TVs (I use an Apple TV box). On my iPhone, I’ve uninstalled YouTube (and IMDb) and replaced them with Safari shortcuts. Wipr2 takes care of the ads for both.

[–] redparadise@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 7 hours ago

You don't need to pay for a VPN for ad blocking, DNS can do that for free, such as AdGuard or NextDNS.

[–] hotspur@hexbear.net 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

You just solved a small problem I’d been struggling to resolve. Wipr 2 works great!

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It's a good ad blocker. I've used three in the last year. Wipr 2, uBlock Lite, and Adguard Pro. Only Wipr 2 blocks YouTube and IMDb (site, not app) videos for me.

Wipr 2 and Adguard Pro are paid, though, and uBlock Lite is free (and from the same guy who makes uBlock Origin for Firefox).

Wipr 2 is also made by one solo developer, so she (IIRC) deserves it. It's not like you're throwing dollars at a faceless corp that doesn't care, you're buying a solo developer's next cup of coffee (or half her lunch, maybe). Someone who probably places the same value on those dollars that you do. And that matters to me.

[–] hotspur@hexbear.net 2 points 7 hours ago

Yeah honestly I pretty much instantly bought it—one time purchase, price was reasonable, that’s the kind of software project I have no problem supporting.