Google Makes So Much Money, It Never Had to Worry About Financial Discipline

Re:Google Makes So Much Money, It Never Had to Worry About F... by user5994461 on Thursday December 08, 2016 @02:17PM (#13133211)

They're just ad distributing products.

Ever tried to install an adblocker on Android? There isn't anything you can do without rooting your phone. Seriously, it should be called Addroid.

Ever tried to install adblock/ublock on Chrome? only to find out that it doesn't exist in the chrome store or was removed again.

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Re:Google Makes So Much Money, It Never Had to Worry About F... by bad_user on Thursday December 08, 2016 @03:08PM (#13133797)

Well, actually Android is the most friendly mobile platform for ad-blockers, or other hacks.

What you're complaining about is Chrome for Android, but then again Android is also the only mobile platform supported by a real Firefox implementation that has plugins, including ad-blockers.

You're talking about rooting the phone, I guess you want /etc/hosts or something, but you know, even on the desktop that kind of solution requires sudo rights. This one is entirely about security and really, Android is not that hard to root.

And even though I'm a Firefox user on the desktop, I've also used Chrome with AdBlock Plus and then uBlock Origin and never had any problems.

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Re:Google Makes So Much Money, It Never Had to Worry About F... by cbdfghh on Thursday December 08, 2016 @07:47PM (#13135770)

> You're talking about rooting the phone, I guess you want /etc/hosts or something, but you know, even on the desktop that kind of solution requires sudo rights. This one is entirely about security and really, Android is not that hard to root.

You don't have to root your phone. You can install an Open Source VPS app which filters ads, no root required (and data stays on your phone).

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Re:Google Makes So Much Money, It Never Had to Worry About F... by user5994461 on Thursday December 08, 2016 @03:17PM (#13133880)

Note: Firefox on android has only supported plugins since a few months ago.

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Re:Google Makes So Much Money, It Never Had to Worry About F... by jmanderley on Thursday December 08, 2016 @07:53PM (#13135787)

Not true, it has supported add-ons on Android for years.

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Re:Google Makes So Much Money, It Never Had to Worry About F... by andrewaylett on Saturday December 10, 2016 @04:18AM (#13144833)

I've been using plugins on Firefox on Android for a lot longer than that -- there might not be so many plugins, but many of the important ones were there.

For example, AdBlock Plus added mobile support in version 1.1.2, supporting Fennec 1.0 Beta 6, released 2009/12/12.

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Re:Google Makes So Much Money, It Never Had to Worry About F... by eropple on Thursday December 08, 2016 @05:59PM (#13135107)

> Ever tried to install an adblocker on Android?

Yes. Works across browsers and against in-app ads, too. https://block-this.com

> Ever tried to install adblock/ublock on Chrome?

Yes.

> only to find out that it doesn't exist in the chrome store or was removed again.

Under no circumstances. AdBlock Plus has never, as far as I know, been removed, nor has uBlock Origin.

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Re:Google Makes So Much Money, It Never Had to Worry About F... by user5994461 on Friday December 09, 2016 @07:03AM (#13138254)

Well. First commit 6 months ago, that thing is a novelty.

Next we'll see how it goes when you'll try to explain to your sister and your mother how to use that android VPN to block ads.

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Re:Google Makes So Much Money, It Never Had to Worry About F... by eropple on Saturday December 10, 2016 @03:24AM (#13144706)

I've audited literally every line of code in it myself and it's not a novelty. It works and works correctly. You're just wrong--and desperate, because fictional nerd cred, to not be wrong. It's an ugly look. Be better.

My mother doesn't have a smartphone. If she did, I would install it for her and be done with it.

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Re:Google Makes So Much Money, It Never Had to Worry About F... by user5994461 on Monday December 12, 2016 @12:46PM (#13160001)

An android project that got its first commit 6 months ago is called a novelty whether you like it or not. You're just refusing to admit it, because fictional nerd cred, to not be wrong. It's an ugly look. Be better.

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Re:Google Makes So Much Money, It Never Had to Worry About F... by marssaxman on Thursday December 08, 2016 @05:40PM (#13134976)

I use an adblocker on Android all the time, and I've never bothered to figure out how to root a phone. It was not at all difficult. Maybe it's hard with Chrome but that's no big deal - just use Firefox.

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