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submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/boostforlemmy
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I guess googleads sucks even more than I thought

Love the app! Bought the adfree for reddit, plan on buying this one too once I move out of my car.

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[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart 107 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I think that font is more offensive.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Idk why, but it seems to help my dyslexia. ¯\(ツ)/¯

[–] SpaceNoodle 31 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There are non-awful fonts designed specifically for dyslexia.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago (3 children)

So I went looking, and found this

https://opendyslexic.org/

Which also looks weird to me, but if it makes it easier for someone with dyslexia to use their phone then I'm all for it :)

[–] captainlezbian 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Basically mirrored letters are bad for dyslexia

[–] ReiRose 1 points 9 months ago

Oooooh, that makes sense! And also randomly reminds me of a Simpsons episode where Lisa can't deciper the cereal box clue even though everyone else gets it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Thanks. Sent that to my son.

[–] SpaceNoodle 3 points 9 months ago

I know Amazon also developed some very un-janky dyslexic typefaces for the Kindle, but I don't know if they can be had for free.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart 14 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Oh taht mkeas snsee.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Username checks out

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

you misspelled dylsexia

[–] cm0002 2 points 9 months ago

Agreed, Helvetica Ultra Compressed or bust

[–] nutsack 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

What in the fuck is that font dude what the hell are you doing

And what the fuck is this post title

[–] cm0002 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Root and install AdAway❌ Install custom font ✅

[–] owatnext 4 points 9 months ago

:lemmysilver:

[–] Reddfugee42 10 points 9 months ago

That's a beautiful font.

jk tell us about the bet you lost

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Just use one of the many open source Lemmy apps, such as Voyager or Jerboa. They don't have ads.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yeah jerboa have a similar to boost UI too .

[–] NickwithaC 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Or pay the app developer the £3.59 one time fee they are asking for for the hard work they've put into making the app good.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Why, when free and open source alternatives exist? I don't know about you, but I'd rather donate to something like Jerboa, than spend the same amount of money supporting proprietary software. Especially as Lemmy itself is an open source protocol.

[–] Twinklebreeze 5 points 9 months ago

I read this as goog leads.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Thanks, I hate it.

[–] Metype 3 points 9 months ago

I've gotten ads for that thing too. I think it's because Google ads really only knows that you're on social media and little more so it just shoves ads for "social media" at you and then this happens. I think, at least kinda, that it's reassuring seeing ads so disconnected from my usage of the app since it implies little information is being sent to third party advertisers.

Next time I get paid I'll just pay the dev though tbh