I'm so conditioned by ads on social media that I automatically inspect Lemmy posts when I'm browsing.

3 years ago by ChickenButt to c/showerthoughts

I'm getting better at it though.

You need to start using uBlock Origin my friend.

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Dark3stWhite 5 points 3 years ago

If on Android, AdGuard is a system wide adblocker which works amazingly well. No root needed, a bit pricy for a lifetime license, but 100% worth it imo

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FartsWithAnAccent 1 point 3 years ago

I just use Ublock and Firefox, but how much is AdGuard?

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Dark3stWhite 1 point 3 years ago

That's a pretty sweet combo, but yeah, adguard will take care of banner ads in apps too. There is a free trial for 1 or 2 weeks, other than that I think they have a monthly license, or a lifetime for around 100$. It's quite a bit for an app but considering what it does, I do not regret at all. You can use it on multiple devices too. At the very least I would recommend the trial to see if it's worth it for you

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Rules

All posts must be showerthoughts

The entire showerthought must be in the title

No politics

If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion

Posts must be original/unique

Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS

If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.

Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report, the message goes away and you never worry about it.