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[-] rmayayo@lemmy.world 249 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Boost dev here. There should be an Ad icon on the top right to report the ad. Not sure why it is not showing in this case. I will try to block those ads in the AdMob console. Edit: Done

[-] a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 10 months ago

thanks for caring!

[-] golden_zealot@lemmy.ml 35 points 10 months ago

Awesome, thank you.

[-] Sho@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago

This is the stuff I come to Lemmy for. Love the quick feedback and positive approach to the situation.

[-] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 24 points 10 months ago

Thanks, absolutely love the app btw, I've used the Reddit one for years and the Lemmy one is just great.

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[-] Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 147 points 10 months ago

The ads come from an ad network where there is very little visibility into what's going to be displayed in your app. And bad people also keep managing to get their ads published even though the ad network doesn't allow them

And it all ties into the whole targeted advertising, where they also make sure very few people get the bad ad, and tries to target people they think may be more susceptible to these kinds of tactics. Depending on the amount of interactivity allowed, the ad can even display two different things if it deems you too savvy to fall for it.

It's basically unescapable unless you only use apps without ads, or pay for the ad-free versions.

The whole advertising industry is sketchy, more news at 10.

[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 43 points 10 months ago

Pi-hole blocks ads served by these networks just fine. Never seen an ad in Boost for Lemmy or for Reddit, though I tend to use Jerboa now that I've gotten used to it while I was waiting for Boost for Lemmy to release.

DNS based adblocking like Pihole or Adguard limits you to receiving advertising hosted by the app provider (youtube for example) which is usually better curated than third party advertising networks and less commonly found at all.

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[-] imkali@lemmy.dbzer0.com 136 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Jerboa (FOSS. Play Store + F-Droid)

Voyager (FOSS. Play Store + F-Droid + PWA + iOS App Store)

Thunder (FOSS. Play Store + IzzyOnDroid + iOS App Store)

Eternity (FOSS. Play Store + F-Droid)

edit: formatting

[-] southernwolf@pawb.social 23 points 10 months ago

10/10 for Voyager, with a shout-out to Eternity too!

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[-] hackris@lemmy.ml 85 points 10 months ago

Please. For the love of god, NEVER use a proprietary app to use a piece of FOSS software. I think it's kind of sad that we have this amazing FOSS social network and people use fucking proprietary software to use it.

[-] vox@sopuli.xyz 21 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

i use sync. there's nothing even close to the quality of the client. (The onlt client that implements material you in a fun and usable way, sync is usable one-handed)
I had been using Liftoff for a while (before switching to Sync as soon as it came out), which i quite liked but it feels a lot worse than sync

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[-] pirrrrrrrr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 10 months ago

Open-source it a better interface then.

Until it's as useful as at least Sync for Lemmy, people will use 3rd party proprietary apps

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[-] waratchess@lemm.ee 54 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Voyager

It's a FOSS privacy respecting Lemmy client.

It's available on Android and IOS

You can also try it as a PWA: https://vger.app

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[-] eya@lemmy.dbzer0.com 52 points 10 months ago

Your lemmy app has ads???

[-] Asudox@lemmy.world 41 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Jerboa. It lacks some features, but it's the official app and it's also pretty minimalistic with its material you UI. Other than that Thunder is pretty good. They're both FOSS.

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[-] ono@lemmy.ca 40 points 10 months ago

I start with whatever is on F-Droid, and narrow it down from there.

Jerboa was the only option there until recently. I see Voyager and Eternity are there now. I'll have to give them a try.

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[-] daftwerder@lemm.ee 34 points 10 months ago

Eternity is great! free, no ads, and no lag while scrolling. it also supports swipe to go back from posts.

[-] Rez@sh.itjust.works 16 points 10 months ago

I'm so used to navigating in Eternity at this point that all other apps seem clunky and unintuitive

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[-] nezrock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 10 months ago

I use Connect for lemmy, it's really great and ad-free.

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[-] knobbysideup@sh.itjust.works 31 points 10 months ago

This is why ad blockers should always be used. Small devs don't have relationships with advertisers or control over what ad networks will do.

Or you can pay once and be done with them. I think the price of a burger is not a big ask for something you use every day.

I do both.

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[-] folak@lemmy.world 31 points 10 months ago
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[-] jet@hackertalks.com 29 points 10 months ago

https://vger.app/

voyager is great, progressive web app, or in your favorite app store.

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[-] sir_reginald@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

As always, use free software. Look for Lemmy clients in F-Droid. Voyager is a good one.

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[-] THE_ANON@lemmy.ml 27 points 10 months ago
[-] hunt4peas@lemmy.ml 23 points 10 months ago

I am using Voyager & Eternity and both have no ads.

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[-] BlanK0@lemmy.ml 23 points 10 months ago

Install the fdroid apps. Eternity is a good example of a fdroid app for lemmy

[-] Trincapinones@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago

I use Eternity, it's a fork of Infinity for reddit

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[-] plz1@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
  • Voyager for Lemmy
  • NextDNS to kill basically all 3rd party ad networks and tracking
[-] bitwolf@lemmy.one 21 points 10 months ago

Sync Pro (paid) Jerboa (free)

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[-] turbulentMagma@lemm.ee 20 points 10 months ago

Use foss apps

[-] risencode@lemmy.ml 20 points 10 months ago

Thanks for the warning, switching to Jerboa.

[-] xfts@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago

Thunder gets regular updates and is open source and ad free.

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[-] fhqwgads@possumpat.io 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Maybe I'm behind on my terms but does this count as a dark pattern?

It was my understanding that dark patterns are a thing designed to use a service in a way that they wouldn't normally intend to, like renew a subscription or leave privacy options to the benefit of the company instead of the user.

This just seems like a scam, or at best highly deceptive advertising? Like, for it to be a dark pattern it would have to actually be able to send you to some android update system, but it almost certainly isn't ever going to do that.

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[-] Dehydrated@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

What about just not using a proprietary client for an open source social media platform? You'll find amazing FOSS Lemmy clients as well as a whole lot of other FOSS software on F-Droid. It's the best source for Android apps. Thunder is my personal favorite.

[-] Spesknight@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

I am on Connect, loving it

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[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 18 points 10 months ago

I really like Voyager.

[-] ryannathans@aussie.zone 17 points 10 months ago
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[-] mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 9 months ago

Use F-Droid, Google store is a malware vendor at this point.

[-] x2XS2L0U@feddit.de 16 points 10 months ago
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[-] rando@lemmy.ml 15 points 10 months ago

Voyager, eternity, jerboa in that order

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[-] Thermal_shocked@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

DNS adblocking. I don't see those ads.

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[-] HumanPerson@sh.itjust.works 15 points 10 months ago

Eternity. It was a FOSS Reddit client before the API stuff but they became a Lemmy client.

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