TL;DR: Reddit is removing the option to opt out of ad personalization, targeting ads based on user activity. Some specific ad categories can still be limited, but there’s no more opt-out option.

  • Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    I don’t think my adblocker cares what kind of ads they’re trying to show me. If anything their algorithms will just get confused for why this guy who used to be here hours every day now only comes to watch war videos once a day but no longer comments or upvotes anything.

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        1 year ago

        Firefox lets you adblock.

        a pihole can get you 90% of the way and it works in all apps and any other smart devices you have., but it doesn’t work well if the site isn’t using a 3rd party ad service (think YouTube, facebook)

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          1 year ago

          My assumption was that at this point the majority of people are using the official reddit app, but I guess that’s an option for now.

          On Android anyway. No AdBlock (at least ublock) still on Firefox for IOS I believe due to platform restrictions. But would be cool if I’m wrong.

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            1 year ago

            RedReader still works. If you’re gonna look at reddit, I recommend it. You can even turn off all the interaction buttons, so it’s like a “look, don’t touch” museum.

            I uninstalled it though. Reddit is in too terrible a state to bother with any longer, except sometimes as a search result, imo.

            Edit: I’m speaking of android though. Idk if redreader has an ios version or not.

      • Domi@lemmy.secnd.me
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        1 year ago

        Which mobile? On Android you can use AdAway. A network level adblocker on your router can also take care of many ads for every device connected to it.