Quicky@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoI mean, that's literally the opposite of what I wantlemmy.worldimagemessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1669arrow-down112
arrow-up1657arrow-down1imageI mean, that's literally the opposite of what I wantlemmy.worldQuicky@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square76fedilink
minus-squarePsythik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·16 hours agoDon’t know if it works on iOS, but in Android you can block ads systemwide by setting your DNS server to dns.adguard-dns.com.
minus-squareQualifiedKitten@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·15 hours agoNote that this may occasionally interfere with things. I was having trouble with in-flight WiFi last time I flew, and I once I switched the Private DNS setting back to Automatic, it suddenly worked.
minus-squareAmanduh@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoSame with googling things and clicking on the first few links because they’re advertisement links
minus-squareXanthobilly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-25 hours agoDuckDuckGo, my netizen. Google search is all AI slop and ads now.
minus-squareAmanduh@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoThe point wasn’t about how cool the search engine was. It was to highlight another maybe unexpected side effect of blocking the dns. Begone
Don’t know if it works on iOS, but in Android you can block ads systemwide by setting your DNS server to dns.adguard-dns.com.
Note that this may occasionally interfere with things. I was having trouble with in-flight WiFi last time I flew, and I once I switched the Private DNS setting back to Automatic, it suddenly worked.
Same with googling things and clicking on the first few links because they’re advertisement links
DuckDuckGo, my netizen. Google search is all AI slop and ads now.
The point wasn’t about how cool the search engine was. It was to highlight another maybe unexpected side effect of blocking the dns. Begone