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wwn_se | 8 months ago

Great article but the fix is Adblock! Enable adblock everywhere for your family and friends at risk. Even if an ad sometimes slips through they since its out of the ordinary they are way less likely to click.

https://firstpartyornoparty.org/

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imzadi|8 months ago

The problem with this is that many older people are reluctant to use web browsers that actually support true ad blocking. They are used to Chrome and don't want to use anything that is even remotely different. I have this argument with my mom on almost a daily basis. She is always messing up her phone or computer by clicking on something she shouldn't. I have installed firefox for her, but she refuses to use it.

lionkor|8 months ago

Okay, my family has iPads. What should they use? Brave? lol

const_cast|8 months ago

Orion has ad blocking built in and supports Firefox extensions.

I think the extension support is explicitly disallowed by Apple so shhh don’t tell anyone teehee!

jeroenhd|8 months ago

iPads don't support notifications unless your family figures out how to use PWAs (they won't, Apple made sure of that). Also, there are various content blockers for iOS.

Unfortunately, because real alternative browsers are only supported in the EU (and even then with big asterisks), you won't see a normal browser engine powerful content blocking any time soon. The content filters you can download from the app store help, but they're not as powerful as uBO and friends.

ikekkdcjkfke|8 months ago

UBOL is in testing now for iOS, but Apple has some bugs on their content blocking side. Reminder that adblockers are recommended by the FBI

brettermeier|8 months ago

Tablets not from Apple. That's your fault if you use that shit and can't block ads or install whatever you want.

v5v3|8 months ago

Nextdns/similar.

Vpn with ad blocking built in

Tijdreiziger|8 months ago

There are various ad blockers for Safari on the App Store.