Inb4 “you can’t block ads on an iPhone”. Wipr2 for $4.99, independent developer, active on the Fediverse (Mastodon). uBlock Origin Lite for free, slightly less capable. Both only work on Safari. Adguard Pro is $10 and uses a “VPN” to block ads. Sometimes it doesn’t work. (It used to be $1, that’s what I paid for it.) I use Wipr2 now and I’ve uninstalled apps that serve ads like IMDb and YouTube. I just access them in Safari now.

Of course Advertise with uBlock Origin in Firefox is the better option. And it doesn’t autocorrect iPhone to something else like my iPhone just did when I tried to type the name of a rival platform. That’s not a typo, that’s an iPhone feature, and it can’t be disabled. (I can go back and manually fix it, but the fact that it does it at all is pretty bad.)

[–] plz1@sh.itjust.works 11 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

NextDNS makes all of the browser stuff you're talking about moot, other than ads served by the app/site itself. Also blocks ads in apps, games, etc. I can't even remember what it was like to play a mobile game that has video ads jammed in your face.

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

NextDNS

Definitely checking that out, thanks.

And if it can block ads on my Apple TV, I'm definitely paying them for it. It looks like setup is tricky but not difficult.

[–] plz1@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

It can block ads on your whole home network and your mobile devices when not at home. I pay like $20/year and I never see ads. I still run block on my Mac.

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 59 minutes ago

Looks like it can't block YouTube ads though. That sucks.

But yes, $2/month or $20/year (2 months free) for Pro. I looked into it.

[–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (3 children)

Holy mackerel, GrapheneOS and Ironfox are free, unmonetized software ya know...

Guess I'm not surprised, but you Apple users live like this?

[–] Justifier@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Perhaps that's the case for now

I personally save all posts like this though because you never know when it will be needed

Same with TV cracking stuff I've seen even when I don't own a TV, because there's a high chance the things I hate about TVs will be coming to monitors next and those I do use, so I assume I'll need as many starting reference points as possible

From some family member or otherwise who is already in the ecosystem, to the potential of GrapheneOS not surviving Google's hostility and ending up in the same exact shoes as Apple users

In 2-3 years a post like this could be buried in age and forgotten with the people who used to talk about it jaded by indifference or opposition and significantly fewer

Plenty of things I used to be extremely enthusiastic about that I just don't bother with any more because of those kinds of interactions

[–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 20 minutes ago

I'd argue that it's important to live in the present for these sorts of things. My phone running GrapheneOS isn't going to start blasting ads or auto-installing bloatware during its lifespan, and since the monitors I possess have none of the "smart TV issues" I don't need to worry about those for the lifespan of possessing the device.

Yes, the world will likely try to break GrapheneOS and make monitors just as much of a monetized hell. However, a free and open source operating system cannot be internally enshittified, and used/commodity hardware systems allow you to pick and choose something that doesn't have ads spewing at your face.

[–] AnAmericanPotato@programming.dev 2 points 7 hours ago

Nope. Setting up an ad-blocking DNS server, or installing a web browser with an ad blocker, is as easy (and free) on iOS as it is on Android.

Look up instructions for Mullvad DNS or NextDNS.

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

How do I install those on my iPhone? /s

...I can't? You're saying I have to throw a thousand bucks at Google first? Sorry, I don't have that. I live like this? Working for a living and most of my money going to pay bills? Yep. Can't imagine what it's like to not worry about money.

But really dude, money is a lot easier to spend when it's hypothetical or somebody else's.

Also, custom firmware like GrapheneOS can stop supporting your device at any time. They're under no obligation to support your phone.

And this tribalism isn't a good look for anybody. Just use what makes you happy. Or what you can afford. Or what you have. There's no better way to say you made poor choices and are unhappy about that than to shame people for using a different product than you do.

[–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 15 minutes ago

Used hardware exists man. Also Motorola is partnering with GrapheneOS for their upcoming hardware releases, so maybe when your device becomes obsolete in the future consider getting something with more customization at a (gasp) lower price and with better repairability/customization.

I understand tribalism isn't good for anyone, but pointing out that there's a better way than getting abused by the walled garden shouldn't be taken as mocking.

[–] katze@lemmy.4d2.org 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Also, custom firmware like GrapheneOS can stop supporting your device at any time. They’re under no obligation to support your phone.

Apple is under no obligation to support your phone.

There’s no better way to say you made poor choices and are unhappy about that than to shame people for using a different product than you do.

It's more like being astounished that someone would choose an option that is clearly inferior when a better alternative exists. Like choosing reddit over lemmy.

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 6 hours ago

So when you saw a phone made by an advertising company and a phone by a computer company, you chose to support the advertising company because you could wipe the phone, void the warranty, and install custom firmware with no guarantees? Wild. Cool, but wild.

I used Android phones for a while when I couldn't get an iPhone because of where I lived. But when I could get an iPhone, I got one and never looked back. I also have an older Android phone and it does a couple things my iPhone doesn't. It's smaller, it's lighter, it has a better keyboard, it has Firefox with uBlock Origin, it has an SD card in it with like 55GB of music... oh and it's Animal Crossing themed inside and out because why not, because you can do that with Android. It doesn't have cell service though. Not that I'd mind using it as my main.

But anyway, I'd rather have a phone by a computer company than an advertising company. I get why people like Android. I like Android. But this tribalism is weird. Do you bully people for their phone use IRL? Does anyone take you seriously? I bet not. I bet you just act big on the Internet. Does anyone even take you seriously online? Like the Jurassic Park meme. "Look, a bully on the Internet!" *gestures at everyone* "See? No one cares."

[–] Ooops@feddit.org 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Most ads are gone when your DNS blocks them anyway. Can't you change your DNS on iPhones? Preferably to secure ones, too.

[–] abacabadabacaba@infosec.pub 4 points 9 hours ago

https://mullvad.net/en/help/dns-over-https-and-dns-over-tls#ios

[–] katze@lemmy.4d2.org 0 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Imagine paying money to block ads.

[–] webkitten@piefed.social 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I mean paying an independent developer who donates their time for a useful app? Yeah. Paying an ad network to block ads, nah.

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 hours ago

So you work for free? Or you just expect others to? You should tell your boss or the company you work for your opinion on economics.

Not sure what you're so mad about. There are paid options and free options. You're upset that paid options exist alongside free options?