I get the reason for there being Ads in the sync app. I don’t have the funds to pay for ultra and that’s also fine.

But what I find concerning is the type of ads I see. I live in Germany for clarification and most of what I see are websites acting like news sites (right leaning at times). When I accidentally tap on them my browser immediately blocks the website for unsafe practices on their end.

Now I really don’t mind the ads in apps if it’s the usual app ad, random products or Amazon type of things. But I hate it when every ad is a boomer ass clickbait ad about how solar energy is definitely worse than anything else.

This is my main complaint about sync right now and it might push me to stop using it again as the ads are also very frequent…

  • redcalcium@lemmy.instituteEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Try installing an ad blocker. For example, Adguard is pretty good, but must be downloaded from their website instead of from Google Play (ad blockers that can block ads system-wide are not allowed on Google Play). The are also various dns-based ad blockers such as nextdns, which can block ads in apps as long as you can change your device’s DNS.

    • Diplomjodler@feddit.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Of course he is. They can always set up their ads to avoid scammy clickbait shit. But those pay the most so this is what we get.

    • LoveSausage@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Ok so why not just donate to the Foss apps instead? The huge amounts that went to sync would have made any Foss app at least just as good.

      You do you, I just don’t get it.

      • Thehalfjew@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Maybe? But I know what I’m getting with Sync. Donations to FOSS don’t guarantee anything.

        And really, once we start talking about donating to free software with the expectation of specific returns, we’re basically talking about paying for software. If a specific set of FOSS is only good when people pay for it, there’s a problem with the incentivization to work on that set of software.

  • Madbrad200@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Block them. Google NextDNS, takes about 10 seconds to set up with a simple change in your phone’s DNS settings.