First post on the glorious Fediverse. I joined the moment the protest start, and I have to say, I have yet to see a single advertisement, targetted or otherwise, sans a few honest (fedditors? Don’t hang me) offering commission work. I was born just in time to see the death of IRC and the birth of targetted advertising and social media headed by corporate interest. Mark my words, Lemmy, I ain’t going back. I really hope this is the start of a shift to a renewed, decentralized internet.
PS. Who do I donate to? Is there a patreon for Lemmy or general instances?
We’re Lemmings, obviously.
Wait, you were using that other site without blocking ads? How and also why?
I was referring to mobile apps, which are notoriously difficult to filter ads from.
I mean, a big part of why reddit wants to get rid of third party apps is that they weren’t serving its ads.
But that was not the app’s fault. Reddit’s own API would not send ads to the apps.
Yes, but that’s kind of beside the point here. My question was why a user of Reddit would choose to use the ad riddled official app instead of an ad free third party one
ReVanced will repack the Reddit app to remove ads. I tried doing all the patches but it wouldn’t work. That being said, I much prefer Lemmy.
(on android, idk if there is a ios version) you can block ads system wide with blokada 5 (there is also 6 in the playstore but I believe that isn’t free)
Same here - loving it so far! I was an advanced computer user in the late 90s and early 00s. Front line for early internet, did some light programming, etc. although I never went into tech as a career. All of that changed with smart phones since they’re so much more locked down than a computer. I accepted that ads, data farming, and junk content were going to be a part of my life since everything moved towards corporate control. This year has been so great! Everything I use on PC officially has Linux support and I was able to ditch windows; now I’m moving away from websites with ads/trackers. Really feels like things are shifting back to how they should’ve been.
I will say it’s probably too soon to donate to instances. You might want to wait a few weeks until groups gain credibility.
For smart phones, you don’t have to put up with ads and data farming. Research what phones support lineageOS, GrapheneOS or … dang I forget the rest but there are many. Install one of those, then ‘MindtheGApps’ (if you must have google play store access etc.), AdAway, F-Droid store, Magisk with its root and other plugins.
I am very happy with my recently-acquired ‘new-used’ OnePlus 5T running lineageOS 20. Apps can’t show me any ads; and I have near total control over my phone.
I haven’t heard of any of these, so now I’ve got plenty to research 😄 thanks!
Glad to help. Back up your data before you do anything though :)
