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Wondering how much of the Lemmy user base wouldn't use an adblocker. If you do use one what other blocking do you use to circumvent data collection, YouTube and reddit front ends and things alike?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I don't use any ad blocker, and I don't care.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I would use one, I'm not opposed, but I've just never bothered. I don't use a lot of sites with prominent ads.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I use my phone except for work. If there are good iPhone ad blockers, if use them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (10 children)

For mobile, you might need to block ads at a DNS level instead.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Shout out to the PiHole and the PiHole team.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I have NO idea how to do that

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

firefox:

kiwi browser:

cromite:

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

On top of an adblocker, I use Pi-hole/Adguard home for DNS blocking.

For added privacy, I also use my own unbound DNS server, which can be easily setup with Pi-hole, so that I make as few external DNS requests as possible.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Nearly everyone uses at least some level of adblocking. Pretty much every major browser blocks pop-up ads by default, so the people who are too lazy or computer illiterate to do anything other than the default are still going to have some ad blocking.

Internet Explorer 6 added this feature in 2001, so even your grandpa still stubbornly running his end of life Windows XP probably has a popup blocker.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I don’t use an adblocker when I browse in ios because I don’t know how to

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I turn off my adblocker for YouTube if it's a creator who should be getting revenue from the video. I'm not happy with Google's cut of it though...

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