#Fuck ads

[jessiarts]

Hey, PSA:

On your phone, go to Settings> Security and Privacy> Privacy> Other Privacy Settings> Ads> Delete Advertising ID

Then go back to Other Privacy Settings> Google location history> Turn off Location History &/or Turn-on Auto-Delete (you can set a time period of how long to keep it)

Then, staying on Other Privacy Settings, go to '+ See all activity controls'> Web & App activity> Turn off (you can also turn-on Auto-Delete for here too)

Then Scroll down to Personalized ads> My Ad Center> Turn Off Personalized Ads.

Google has no business knowing/storing everything you do online, and knowing/storing where you go everyday. Turn it off.

These instructions are for an Android phone, IOS might be different. If you have IOS or another operating system feel free to add on with your own map to where they've buried these settings in your phone to help others.

[novastellavox]

You know what I hate most about online advertisements?

To be able to use the internet, you pay money.

Either for Wifi or for Data.

So what that means is:

If advertisements take up 60% of the website and take 100% more data to load, since "haha! VIDEO ADVERTISEMENTS on youtube and all other websites!!"

You PAY TO WATCH ADVERTISEMENTS FOR PRODUCTS YOU'LL NEVER FUCKING BUY!!!

I hate ads SO FUCKING MUCH. Ads are parasites. Ads are the pest of humanity. If anyone's gonna add an adblocker-blocker to their site, I would absolutely study Computer science and become a hacker just to take down the fucking adblock-blocker. And no! THERE IS NO 'Reasonable amount of advertisements' THE REASONABLE AMOUNT IS ZERO. NADA! ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!

I am so fucking done with it

[starchipuppy]

terraria wiki moved from fandom to wiki gg and HOLY SHIT THIS IS ACTUALLY USABLE WITHOUT AN ADBLOCKER NOW

ONE banner ad, THREE SMALL side ads

THATS IT

NO POPUPS

NO OVERLAYS

NOTHING COVERING THE CONTENT

NOTHING THAT SCROLLS WITH YOU

I NEVER THOUGHT I'D LIVE TO SEE THIS DAY

[headache-central]

Photomatt having time to harass a trans woman but not to get rid of the stupid ads is peak corporate Internet.

[whereserpentswalk]

"It's too late doctor, he's been enshittified. There's no saving him." Gestures to former friend who's currently reciting an add, as he does every five to ten sentences. He will slap you if you say the word 'kill' in front of him.

[sovereign-skyy]

Why is it that, when normal videos autoplay, the sound is off by default, but ADS NOW AUTOPLAY WITH SOUND!??

THATS FUCKED UP

[cryptidanathema]

Ads are starting to figure out that your phone is muted and lock you out unless you unmute, that is SO FUCKING DISGUSTING. Heaven forbid we ever have room to fucking think I guess

[jarfieid]

Man it's really cool how some of the ads have become super long and tedious to scroll past. Makes me wanna close the app.

[dougielombax]

Advertising is a plague!

A PLAGUE!!!!!!

[renegade-chaos-druid]

The next audio ad that unmutes it's self simply cause I scrolled by it, I will formally petition the Techno Pope for a new Ad-pocaylpse Crusade against Tumblr.

[0m3g45n1p3r4lph4]

That's it

I'm learning how to set up a pi hole

I will not concede

I will not pay shitty premium to shittier corporations

I will spend the bit of money to turn my house into an ad-immune bastion

Fuck capitalism

[lysallana]

Damn April fools day and staff brings back auto sound Enabled ads during the boop smokescreen. Time to report every single one as malicious again until they stop

[steakout-05]

a guide on how to NOT block ads and download videos on YouTube for FREE!!!!

so recently YouTube dished out an update that, for certain users using an adblock, will stop you from watching more than three videos if they detect you using an adblocker. to counter this update, many users have started being introduced to adblockers, which is obviously not good and something you TOTALLY DEFINITELY shouldn't do because YouTube will lose 000.01% of their revenue while they continue to get trillions of dollars every year with little to no negative effects. here's a guide on how to NOT block ads on both pc and mobile and protect your browsing experience, and especially how to NOT download and watch videos without restrictions whatsoever, starting out with how to NOT download Brave Browser!

on your pc, do NOT download the Brave browser from brave.com/download/ and click "Download Brave for [insert OS here]" to start the installation process!!

Brave has a built-in adblocker that will automatically block ads from YouTube as well as other sites, which is DEFINITELY what you DON'T want if you want to protect your online safety and save hours of time. it also has several options for blocking trackers and has access to the Chrome Webstore, which has access to tons of adblockers which you definitely totally do not want on your pc!! additionally, you should also NOT go to the Google Play Store or the App Store and type in Brave Browser to download it for mobile devices!!

2. in the pc version of Brave Browser, do NOT go to the Chrome Webstore and type in "UBlock Origin" or "AdGuard" and click search!! do NOT then install these extensions and ENABLE them in your browser!! these extensions are incredibly UNhelpful and trusted by the community and will block YouTube ads, which is COMPLETELY WRONG and NOT want you want TOTALLY!!!

(P.S. avoid downloading options that are not circled because they're likely viruses and are not trusted. i mean umm dont download adblockers guys totally haha)

on the off chance you already installed Brave Browser and have UBlock enabled before the anti-adblock update, do NOT click the cog icon and do NOT click the 'Filter Lists' tab, where you WON'T click on 'Purge All Caches' and 'Update Now'!! this will update the extension to continue to block all YouTube ads after the anti-adblock update, which is BAD and something you should NEVER DO to protect your security!!!

GUIDE FOR MOBILE:

do NOT go on your Brave Browser (which you have also NOT INSTALLED!) on mobile and install F-Droid from f-droid.org/en/!! F-Droid contains apps that are free and open source that you should DEFINITELY NOT go ahead and download because they are extremely UNhelpful and will NOT make your phone cooler!!!

2. while you are NOT on the F-Droid app because you DIDN'T download it, do NOT search up "App Manager" and do NOT download the app that looks like this!!

this app will let you install and manage custom APKs which you DON'T want because it will allow you to patch YouTube using UNRULY, UNGOOGLE APPS!!!

3. whatever you do, do NOT go to this incredibly UNhelpful Reddit Thread on r/revancedextended and DEFINITELY DON'T carefully follow the guide's instructions on how to patch your YouTube app! it will block ads as well as having other options that YouTube is too greedy to put in, which is BAD and will increase productivity!!

the thread tells you how to patch and install a modded APK of YouTube using the RVX Manager, which is NOT good and should be NOT followed at all costs!!

DON'T carefully follow each step, and your app should NOT look like this if patching is successful!! (which it won't be because you did NOT download RVX Manager MicroG to make your YouTube experience better!)

do NOT click that install button and enjoy a completely ad-free YouTube that includes Sponsorblock and blocks the ever-so-lucrative Shorts shelf so that you don't distract yourself for three hours!!

4. do NOT open up F-Droid again and type NewPipe into the search bar!!! it is a FILTHY frontend of YouTube that blocks ads, lets you download videos, doesn't track you and is fully accessible without an account!! it also has access to other services like SoundCloud and Bandcamp, which you should NOT use!!!

this app is NOT helpful for getting around the age-restrictions, and while it can have issues with crashing, it's extremely UNhelpful and NOT lightweight!! you can also NOT download video thumbnails from video descriptions!!!

5. finally, DON'T go back to F-Droid and do NOT search up AdAway!!

this app is NOT helpful because it will establish a connection to your network and it will block every single ad domain when activated, including mobile game ads!!! which is obviously NOT GOOD because it will cost poor Googl$ less than a 100th of their trillion dollar revenue!! who will comfort Googl$ then!?!?

i hope you enjoyed this guide on how to NOT make YouTube on all of your devices more secure and easy to use, as well as how to block ads on every device!! i sure hope no one accidentally *wink wink nudge nudge* installs all of these onto their devices to free them of an ad-filled experience!! definitely DON'T check the tags for a few extra tips!!

[subtextsays]

Behold, my PI HOLE!

Finally got off my ass and turned my old game emulator into a whole network ad blocker 💀🖤

Ofc the worst part was the atrocious netgear app that doesn't actually permit you to change anything useful on your router, and somehow the password I've used on every router ever was not correct and I couldn't change that from the app either and went Fuck This Bullshit and factory reset the bitch and did a manual setup holy shit prime example of enshitification and app dependency making everything 1000x worse.

ANYWAY

Pi hole runs on cheap tiny ass computers like the Raspberry Pi and works by sending DNS* requests to known ad servers into a black hole, basically. I'll have to tweak a little more, maybe add a couple domains to the whitelist, but it's decent out of the box. It won't block everything -- for example FB's internal ads -- but works well enough for random browsing.

* Domain Name System is like a giant telephone book for the internet, translating alphanumeric domain names (tumblr.com) to the numerical Internet Protocol/IP 'street' address (123.45.67.89).

Also, if you do it right, you can still use DHCP to assign addresses on your LAN so there's basically no setup on client devices.

[bugghutt]

Y'all I can't overstate how good a Pi Hole on your network is.

NO MORE ADS!! It's not quite free but it isn't super expensive, and unlike subscribing to everything it's a one time cost

You just get a raspberry pi (~$70), and the pi hole software ($0) https://pi-hole.net/

It's low-moderate difficulty to set up but if you have set up WiFi ever then you can manage this easily.

Here are stats for mine:

Yup. 40% of the shit on my network was fucking advertisements.

[bmure]

lately, the proliferation of near constant advertising in every aspect of life is getting to me. often I am numb to it, recently it feels as though I am being screamed at wherever I go. I only want quiet and to draw many blue dogs