Axel Springer Goes After iOS 9 Ad Blockers in New Legal Battle

Re:Axel Springer Goes After iOS 9 Ad Blockers in New Legal B... by 2muchcoffeeman on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @05:32AM (#10626477)

I started using iOS ad blockers on day one. Judging by the amount I have to recharge - I'm on pre paid - I use about 50% of the data I used to and spend proportionally less.

I also stopped using the Twitter and Facebook apps in favour of the mobile web sites. I only see Twitter ads now.

There really needs to be another model.

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Re:Axel Springer Goes After iOS 9 Ad Blockers in New Legal B... by ascagnel_ on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @08:44AM (#10627103)

There are third-party Twitter clients (Tweetbot and Twitteriffic, to name two more popular clients) that use the Safari View Controller, and therefore have ad blocker support. Facebook is more locked down with it's API, so there's no good equivalent third-party app, and they've given no indication as to if or when they will be migrating their web views to SVC.

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Re:Axel Springer Goes After iOS 9 Ad Blockers in New Legal B... by thetmkay on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @12:55PM (#10628444)

Totally agree. The ad-subsidised business model is flawed on so many levels. Personally the biggest one for me is that the evolution of ads moves less away from information and more towards emotional manipulation.

Question is - what other model? Would you give money to news?

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Re:Axel Springer Goes After iOS 9 Ad Blockers in New Legal B... by CaptSpify on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @02:21PM (#10628992)

personally I wouldn't, but that's because I can get the news via 1000 other sites for free. I freely admit it's not fair, but I'm not sure what the answer is

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Re:Axel Springer Goes After iOS 9 Ad Blockers in New Legal B... by jbob2000 on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @11:40AM (#10628003)

What ad blocker are you using? You comment inspired me to start using one on my iphone, but, as usual, the App store is full of garbage and I have no idea which one is the real deal.

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Re:Axel Springer Goes After iOS 9 Ad Blockers in New Legal B... by 2muchcoffeeman on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @03:03PM (#10629284)

I'm using Peace (RIP) and Crystal at the moment.

But I hear 1Blocker is good and also very fast. It has an in app purchase to unlock all the features. Otherwise it is limited to one block list at a time.

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