While this is the recommended way for us tech savvy people to block trackers, it still doesn’t change this enshitification shift with data harvesting apps.
rdyoung@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Are you using apple or android? If you are using android check out adguard. It runs a local VPN and filters that shit out. I’ve actually had to white list some apps like geico because it broke them and they weren’t using (as far as I can tell) any fb or other data collection trackers.
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 year ago
rdyoung@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Not arguing that. I’m simply providing an option for those situations where you have no choice. Your other option may be to buy an old pixel or something and use it only for those apps that you can’t not use.
And as far as tech savvy? No, even the tech unsavvy to install it and set it up. Adguard isn’t pihole, you don’t have to run your own server, it does all of the work and if you can manage to browse tiktok or Twitter, you can use the app to white list any apps that need it to function properly.
I have seen maybe 10 ads in the past decade between adguard, noscript, etc. The times I’ve seen ads has been because I had to turn off adguard for a reason or forgot that I had a specific browser whitelisted for a reason.
Extrasvhx9he@lemmy.today 1 year ago
Trackercontrol is also pretty nice
SuperSpaceFan@kbin.social 1 year ago
Duckduckgo app tracking protection is pretty awesome too.
MagneticFusion@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I already use AdGuard DNS on top of Mozilla VPN on Android. But that is besides the point, it is just annoying how everything requires an app nowadays
rdyoung@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Then why are you bitching about this? If you are already blocking the trackers, why the need for this post?