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   Fesshole 🧻 (fesshole@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 20:14:58 JST Fesshole 🧻

   I work for one of the world's largest online advertising companies. I read all news articles in Lynx in a terminal window because it doesn't display adverts.

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 20:14:58 JST goatsarah

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     @fesshole PiHole.

     Then put it on Tailscale as a DNS server and set your phone to use it.

     Bang! Ads blocked everywhere always.

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     Dan Bocain (boomlandjenkins@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jan-2025 00:47:03 JST Dan Bocain

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     • goatsarah

     @goatsarah How will you know what to purchase if you don't see any Ads?!

     /Sarcasm

     That's a nice trick. I'll have to try it out. Thanks!

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jan-2025 00:49:46 JST goatsarah

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     • jack
     @jackeric @fesshole It can't. They're served by the same domain as the content.
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     jack (jackeric@beige.party)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jan-2025 00:49:47 JST jack

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     • goatsarah

     @goatsarah @fesshole except youtube ads

     I spent an afternoon configuring a pihole just to learn it does nothing for youtube ads