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Block Ads in Apps on Android

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182 points whalabi | 3 comments | 20 Feb 19 14:27 UTC | HN request time: 0.444s | source
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on_and_off ◴[20 Feb 19 19:07 UTC] No.19210931[source]▶
>It's important that free apps continue to be made, and app developers need money to go on doing what they do. So if you can't stand ads in your apps, try to support them in another way, by making a donation or paying a few bucks for the full version of their app.

It feels more than a little disingenuous to post that at the end of a post explaining how to cut the revenue source of devs.

If you don't want ads, how about you pay for the premium tier of the app ?

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1. Forbo ◴[20 Feb 19 19:22 UTC] No.19211073[source]▶
Because paying for something doesn't necessarily mean that they won't continue to use your information in the surveillance economy. You might not see ads anymore, but that doesn't mean that they're respecting your privacy.
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2. deogeo ◴[20 Feb 19 20:25 UTC] No.19211625[source]▶
Smart TVs are a good example of this. And most Android phones. And some US ISPs. And Windows 10. And the Sidewalk Labs projects. I'm sure there are many other examples. You cannot expect what are effectively hostile entities to treat you well, just because you give them money.
3. on_and_off ◴[20 Feb 19 23:51 UTC] No.19213270[source]▶
That's 2 different topics though.

Cutting ads does not also cut analytics frameworks.

I wonder at which point apps will just start to bury analytics in their API calls and serve ads with their main payloads