My normal internet usage consists of 50% ads, i get more ads on instagram than actual posts so i've started shitposting comments on the ads.
Leave my digital space alone, but since you don't have the decency we have to do it ourselves.
this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2023
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Get a DNS Sinkhole like PiHole or use an adblocking DNS.
For YouTube I can recommend NewPipe (mobile) and FreeTube (desktop).
For everything else I use uBlock.
Edit: I don't have Instagram so I don't know how they serve ads. If they have separate domains for ads they can be blocked using a PiHole, though.
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Edge on (android, not sure about iOS) mobile has "Adblock Plus" built in that can be enabled. Sure, I'd rather UBlock Origin like on my pc but when/if that stops working on Edge desktop, I wonder if they'd add a similar built in thing to desktop...
You might want to read this: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/19/business/media/adblock-plus-created-to-protect-users-from-ads-opens-the-door.html
Adblock Plus, Created to Protect Users From Ads, Instead Opens the Door
in 2011, Adblock Plus was altered and became a tool that, instead of blocking bad ads, allowed ads it deemed “acceptable” to be seen, often for a price — a controversial move that has positioned it as a gatekeeper between advertisers and its huge user base.
“We are called Adblock Plus, and for branding reasons, we are not going to call ourselves something different. But if we could, we would call ourselves something like ‘web customizer,’ because that’s really what we want to do for our users.”
Unpaywalled version: https://archive.is/eIuNW
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