Amazon follows Google and Apple and bans system-wide ad blockers on app store

Re:Amazon follows Google and Apple and bans system-wide ad b... by Max_aaa on Thursday May 31, 2018 @01:41PM (#17198377)

I personally use AdAway https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.adaway/

It is a simpler design and works great. It works by adding mapping to your hosts file.

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Re:Amazon follows Google and Apple and bans system-wide ad b... by ac29 on Thursday May 31, 2018 @05:08PM (#17200292)

That's root-only though, which the vast, vast majority of people don't do.

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Re:Amazon follows Google and Apple and bans system-wide ad b... by s73v3r_ on Thursday May 31, 2018 @01:46PM (#17198423)

So why do you continue to use apps that are supported by ads, rather that patronize FLOSS apps, or apps that charge an up front price?

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Re:Amazon follows Google and Apple and bans system-wide ad b... by always_good on Thursday May 31, 2018 @03:21PM (#17199258)

The answer is obvious: they want to freeload.

Everyone basically wants to exert just enough elbow grease to get something for free rather than contribute to the world they say they believe in.

"If you need ads to make money then your business should fail" is a common thing you'll hear among people who continue using sites/apps that depend on ads instead of investing in ones that don't.

If HNers can't even be bothered, then how is anyone else? We're going to be stuck in this status quo for a long time and the only survivors will be the large businesses that can afford it until the main websites people use are about as varied as our ISPs, maybe even the same.

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