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Funny you mention enshittification, I just watched a talk from Cory Doctorow who coined that term and he pointed out the reason for insisting on an app is that it means you can’t block ads without violating the DMCA. Browsers can have adblocker extensions, apps cannot (unless you hack them.)
I imagine this is just going to lead to more people using DNS ad blockers. My phone literally can't access your ad server, sorry.
Private DNS FTW!
dns.adguard.com
On Android:
On Apple:
Everytime I use this my WiFi stops working on my mobile.
Have you tried other private DNS servers? Curious if your Internet provider is blocking specific servers or DNS over HTTPS.
For me it works 95%, then throws that error randomly.
Not sure why that would be. 🤷
Same here... I had to go turn it off... why is that...
I heard there are security concerns with this as adguard cannot be fully trusted. Anyone got the scoop?
Ed: as in didn't adguard get bought by some questionable company?
Your traffic is going through them instead of your ISPs DNS. Which do you trust more?
You are doing the lord's work
Thanks!
As an app developer some people just get hard for an app and don't know why they would want one.
It's rarely some big plan just an ego thing
Unless someone makes a router that does that in firmware, there’s a lot of people who won’t bother.
Eero does but you have to pay a subscription fee and it’s an Amazon product.
So, blocks all ads but Amazon ads?
Honestly, the thing keeping me from rolling it out to my family is that it isn't easy to override when you do want to see a site. Folks understand turning off uBlock Origin (or clicking proceed). I've only used Pi-Hole and NextDNS, but they really need a browser extension that will provide a better error message and an option to allow with a DNS cache clear.
If DNS ad blockers get popular enough, there are easy enough workarounds. The workarounds have tradeoffs such as security or stability, but they'll serve the ads for at least the current year.
oh noo not the dmca. i love following the dmca with all my heart
This one? It came up as the next post on sync:
https://lemmy.ml/post/5431352
That’s the one!
That’s why I use the browser for pretty much everything.