People shouldn’t be forced to use a adblocker for a platform to be usable.
it’s astonishing
**people ** still not blocking ads, use adblock!
traveler@lemdro.id 10 months ago
mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
As opposed to when?
At what point in internet history do you think website advertising was tolerable? Because in my eyes, it’s always been an aggressive obstacle to usability, since the dial-up era.
traveler@lemdro.id 10 months ago
I mean, you either pay the service so you don’t have to watch ads (like YouTube Premium) or you see ads that aren’t criminal behaviour or spam.
Either way, I fail to understand how people got into the mindset that every service in the internet should be both free and ad free.
traveler@lemdro.id 10 months ago
If you use the app there’s no blocking it sadly. What people should start doing it’s stop using that platform all together
Mr_Vortex@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
I use an alternative side-loaded Instagram app called Instander which blocks ads and comes with other nice features. I don’t use the platform much anyhow, but when I do it makes the experience actually tolerable.
grue@lemmy.world 10 months ago
No, what people should start doing is demanding that governments actually enforce the law against Facebook for acting as an accomplice to the myriad crimes the article discusses. Facebook should be dissolved and executives should go to prison.
Gestrid@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
ReVanced says they support removing timeline ads from Instagram. I don’t use Instagram, so I haven’t tested it, though.
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Pihole oughta do it.
TheBat@lemmy.world 10 months ago
PiHole doesn’t work when ads and legitimate content are both served from same domain.
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
That is true, didn’t think about that.
Echo71Niner@lemm.ee 10 months ago
People use the app, have their info exploited and than complain this is the only way to use a service that is exploiting your clicks, and yet, you don’t stop using it, really weird.