I see some promos for apps that claim to stop unwanted pop-up ads and I
wonder if it is just a ploy to plant some malware on my phone. Any
experience with such apps?

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Cameo <[email protected]d> wrote:

I see some promos for apps that claim to stop unwanted pop-up ads and I wonder if it is just a ploy to plant some malware on my phone. Any
experience with such apps?

Which ones? I use AdGuard Pro. It blocks some ads in like Safari and other iOS apps.

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Ant <[email protected]> wrote:

Cameo <[email protected]d> wrote:

I see some promos for apps that claim to stop unwanted pop-up ads and I
wonder if it is just a ploy to plant some malware on my phone. Any
experience with such apps?

Which ones? I use AdGuard Pro. It blocks some ads in like Safari and other iOS apps.

I don’recall their names, too many of them.

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On Fri, 31 Jan 2025 17:13:26 -0000 (UTC), Cameo wrote :

I see some promos for apps that claim to stop unwanted pop-up ads and I
wonder if it is just a ploy to plant some malware on my phone. Any
experience with such apps?

Which ones? I use AdGuard Pro. It blocks some ads in like Safari and other iOS apps.

I don�recall their names, too many of them.

Your question doesn't say which app is popping up the ads, where most
people don't know how ad blocking works - so they only know about the
myriad browser addons which claim to block ads in that particular browser.

If you only cared about browser ads, then most people can help you.

But most people don't know how to block in-app ads (like youtube ads).
Nor do most people know how to block in-app ads like popup videos.

Hence, the first question for you is for you to clarify:
a. Did you want to block all ads (no matter the app)?
b. Or did you want to block only ads that show in a web browser?

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Marion <[email protected]> wrote:

On Fri, 31 Jan 2025 17:13:26 -0000 (UTC), Cameo wrote :

I see some promos for apps that claim to stop unwanted pop-up ads and I >>>> wonder if it is just a ploy to plant some malware on my phone. Any
experience with such apps?

Which ones? I use AdGuard Pro. It blocks some ads in like Safari and other iOS apps.

I donขrecall their names, too many of them.

Your question doesn't say which app is popping up the ads, where most
people don't know how ad blocking works - so they only know about the
myriad browser addons which claim to block ads in that particular browser.

If you only cared about browser ads, then most people can help you.

But most people don't know how to block in-app ads (like youtube ads).
Nor do most people know how to block in-app ads like popup videos.

Hence, the first question for you is for you to clarify:
a. Did you want to block all ads (no matter the app)?
b. Or did you want to block only ads that show in a web browser?

All ads, by all means.

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On 2025-01-31, Cameo <[email protected]d> wrote:

I see some promos for apps that claim to stop unwanted pop-up ads and I wonder if it is just a ploy to plant some malware on my phone. Any
experience with such apps?

"Ad blockers are malware" isn't something I anticipated reading today.

While there's nothing inherently nefarious about ad blockers, without specifics, nobody can vouch for these nebulous apps you mention. Common
sense should tell you that.

If you don't want to see ads, pop-ups, and the like, you should
definitely use an ad blocker. There are several popular ad blockers you
can choose from. Assuming you are using the default Safari browser, I'd recommend 1Blocker, AdGuard, or Wipr.

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Jolly Roger <[email protected]> wrote:

On 2025-01-31, Cameo <[email protected]d> wrote:

I see some promos for apps that claim to stop unwanted pop-up ads and I
wonder if it is just a ploy to plant some malware on my phone. Any
experience with such apps?

"Ad blockers are malware" isn't something I anticipated reading today.

While there's nothing inherently nefarious about ad blockers, without specifics, nobody can vouch for these nebulous apps you mention. Common sense should tell you that.

If you don't want to see ads, pop-ups, and the like, you should
definitely use an ad blocker. There are several popular ad blockers you
can choose from. Assuming you are using the default Safari browser, I'd recommend 1Blocker, AdGuard, or Wipr.

Thanks, but I don’t use Safari. I use Chrome.

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On 2025-01-31 22:50:11 +0000, Cameo said:

Jolly Roger <[email protected]> wrote:

On 2025-01-31, Cameo <[email protected]d> wrote:

I see some promos for apps that claim to stop unwanted pop-up ads and I
wonder if it is just a ploy to plant some malware on my phone. Any
experience with such apps?

"Ad blockers are malware" isn't something I anticipated reading today.

While there's nothing inherently nefarious about ad blockers, without
specifics, nobody can vouch for these nebulous apps you mention. Common
sense should tell you that.

If you don't want to see ads, pop-ups, and the like, you should
definitely use an ad blocker. There are several popular ad blockers you
can choose from. Assuming you are using the default Safari browser, I'd
recommend 1Blocker, AdGuard, or Wipr.

Thanks, but I don’t use Safari. I use Chrome.

Most proper ad blockers that are separate apps will work with any web
browser, or any internet app for that matter.

Many ad blockers these days are not stopping adverts before / in
YouTube videos though, or some may work for a while but then YouTube
changes mean tehy stop working again ... it's a game of cat and mouse.

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On Fri, 31 Jan 2025 22:50:11 -0000 (UTC), Cameo wrote :

I don't use Safari. I use Chrome.

I'm always kind heartedly helpful for those willing to try things.

I think it's folly to block ads within each individual app, but on Chrome,
at least on Android's Chrome, many people use the dns servers to block ads.

Android: Settings > Connections > More connection settings > Private DNS >
Set it to dns.adguard.com or one.one.one.one or 1dot1dot1dot1.cloudflare-dns.com

After setting the private DNS hostname in your Android settings,
Open the Google Chrome browser.
On the URL bar, enter 'Chrome://flags' and hit Enter.
Now search for 'DNS' and disable the 'Async DNS' option.
Now enter 'chrome://net-internals/#dns' in the URL bar and hit enter.
Select the DNS tab and tap on the Clear Cache option.

Can you try that in your iOS Chrome browser to see if that works on iOS?
<https://news.trendmicro.com/2023/03/21/how-to-turn-on-private-dns-mode/>

(In my other post, I'll explain system-wide DNS ad blocking in detail.)

Note that adguard is just one private DNS option, but you can start there.
<https://adguard-dns.io/kb/private-dns/connect-devices/mobile-and-desktop/ios/>

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On Sat, 1 Feb 2025 14:01:18 +1300, Your Name wrote :

Thanks, but I don�t use Safari. I use Chrome.

Most proper ad blockers that are separate apps will work with any web browser, or any internet app for that matter.

Many ad blockers these days are not stopping adverts before / in
YouTube videos though, or some may work for a while but then YouTube
changes mean tehy stop working again ... it's a game of cat and mouse.

I don't recommend ap-specific ad blockers for all the obvious reasons that
a system-wide ad blocker works fantastically on all platforms except iOS.

On iOS, you can still do system-wide ad blocking, I'm told, but it's not as easy to do as it is on Windows, Linux & Android (e.g., using private DNS).

For Android though, the open source NewPipe program does a fantastic job of blocking all the google-inserted ads in any YouTube video.
<https://newpipe.net>

In the past I tried a few of the iOS ad blockers for YouTube, but all they
did was substitute their own ads for those that they blocked in streaming.

Looking on my old iPad, I see "My Tube" & "Video Tube" for example...

Plenty of threads on that topic - but maybe someone has a free ad blocking YouTube app for iOS that is recent that they want to suggest I test out?

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On 31.01.25 23:50, Cameo wrote:

Jolly Roger <[email protected]> wrote:

On 2025-01-31, Cameo <[email protected]d> wrote:

I see some promos for apps that claim to stop unwanted pop-up ads and I
wonder if it is just a ploy to plant some malware on my phone. Any
experience with such apps?

"Ad blockers are malware" isn't something I anticipated reading today.

While there's nothing inherently nefarious about ad blockers, without
specifics, nobody can vouch for these nebulous apps you mention. Common
sense should tell you that.

If you don't want to see ads, pop-ups, and the like, you should
definitely use an ad blocker. There are several popular ad blockers you
can choose from. Assuming you are using the default Safari browser, I'd
recommend 1Blocker, AdGuard, or Wipr.

Thanks, but I don’t use Safari. I use Chrome.

You shouldn't.

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On 31.01.25 23:03, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2025-01-31, Cameo <[email protected]d> wrote:

I see some promos for apps that claim to stop unwanted pop-up ads and I
wonder if it is just a ploy to plant some malware on my phone. Any
experience with such apps?

"Ad blockers are malware" isn't something I anticipated reading today.

While there's nothing inherently nefarious about ad blockers, without specifics, nobody can vouch for these nebulous apps you mention. Common sense should tell you that.

If you don't want to see ads, pop-ups, and the like, you should
definitely use an ad blocker. There are several popular ad blockers you
can choose from. Assuming you are using the default Safari browser, I'd recommend 1Blocker, AdGuard, or Wipr.

Compared to Firefox or Brave combined with uBlock Origin and NoScript
these blockers in Safari are almost placebos. I tired it several times
and I was always completely disappointed.


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Jörg Lorenz <[email protected]> wrote:

On 31.01.25 23:50, Cameo wrote:

Jolly Roger <[email protected]> wrote:

On 2025-01-31, Cameo <[email protected]d> wrote:

I see some promos for apps that claim to stop unwanted pop-up ads and I >>>> wonder if it is just a ploy to plant some malware on my phone. Any
experience with such apps?

"Ad blockers are malware" isn't something I anticipated reading today.

While there's nothing inherently nefarious about ad blockers, without
specifics, nobody can vouch for these nebulous apps you mention. Common >>> sense should tell you that.

If you don't want to see ads, pop-ups, and the like, you should
definitely use an ad blocker. There are several popular ad blockers you
can choose from. Assuming you are using the default Safari browser, I'd
recommend 1Blocker, AdGuard, or Wipr.

Thanks, but I don’t use Safari. I use Chrome.

You shouldn't.

Why?

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On 01.02.25 08:40, Cameo wrote:

Jörg Lorenz <[email protected]> wrote:

On 31.01.25 23:50, Cameo wrote:

Jolly Roger <[email protected]> wrote:

On 2025-01-31, Cameo <[email protected]d> wrote:

I see some promos for apps that claim to stop unwanted pop-up ads and I >>>>> wonder if it is just a ploy to plant some malware on my phone. Any
experience with such apps?

"Ad blockers are malware" isn't something I anticipated reading today. >>>>
While there's nothing inherently nefarious about ad blockers, without
specifics, nobody can vouch for these nebulous apps you mention. Common >>>> sense should tell you that.

If you don't want to see ads, pop-ups, and the like, you should
definitely use an ad blocker. There are several popular ad blockers you >>>> can choose from. Assuming you are using the default Safari browser, I'd >>>> recommend 1Blocker, AdGuard, or Wipr.

Thanks, but I don’t use Safari. I use Chrome.

You shouldn't.

Why?

For various reasons. Chrome is divulging your private data to Google. It
is by far not as integrated into the Apple ecosystem as Safari. It lacks functionality and uses much more energy than Safari. And there are some
more minor issues.

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On 1. Feb 2025 at 08:40:50 CET, "Cameo" <[email protected]d> wrote:

Thanks, but I don’t use Safari. I use Chrome.

You shouldn't.

Why?

Because it belongs to one of the greatest advertising companies of the
planet and you say that you hate ads?

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On Sat, 1 Feb 2025 07:40:50 -0000 (UTC), Cameo wrote:

Jörg Lorenz <[email protected]> wrote:

On 31.01.25 23:50, Cameo wrote:

Jolly Roger <[email protected]> wrote:

On 2025-01-31, Cameo <[email protected]d> wrote:

I see some promos for apps that claim to stop unwanted pop-up ads
and I wonder if it is just a ploy to plant some malware on my phone. >>>>> Any experience with such apps?

"Ad blockers are malware" isn't something I anticipated reading
today.

While there's nothing inherently nefarious about ad blockers, without
specifics, nobody can vouch for these nebulous apps you mention.
Common sense should tell you that.

If you don't want to see ads, pop-ups, and the like, you should
definitely use an ad blocker. There are several popular ad blockers
you can choose from. Assuming you are using the default Safari
browser, I'd recommend 1Blocker, AdGuard, or Wipr.

Thanks, but I don’t use Safari. I use Chrome.

You shouldn't.

Why?

Use what you're comfortable with. Personally I have recently deleted
Search and Maps (in favor of DuckDuckGo and Waze), but I'm holding onto
Voice for historical reasons and my free "secret" phone number.

I'm currently locked into YouTube TV because at the time it was the less expensive option I found to still get local network TV stations once I
finally gave up on Dish network.

All that said, I am not happy at all with Google's recent open pandering
to the Pendejo Administration.

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Bernd Froehlich <[email protected]> wrote:

On 1. Feb 2025 at 08:40:50 CET, "Cameo" <[email protected]d> wrote:

Thanks, but I don’t use Safari. I use Chrome.

You shouldn't.

Why?

Because it belongs to one of the greatest advertising companies of the
planet and you say that you hate ads?

I didn’t know any better.

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Jörg Lorenz <[email protected]> wrote:

On 01.02.25 08:40, Cameo wrote:

Jörg Lorenz <[email protected]> wrote:

On 31.01.25 23:50, Cameo wrote:

Jolly Roger <[email protected]> wrote:

On 2025-01-31, Cameo <[email protected]d> wrote:

I see some promos for apps that claim to stop unwanted pop-up ads and I >>>>>> wonder if it is just a ploy to plant some malware on my phone. Any >>>>>> experience with such apps?

"Ad blockers are malware" isn't something I anticipated reading today. >>>>>
While there's nothing inherently nefarious about ad blockers, without >>>>> specifics, nobody can vouch for these nebulous apps you mention. Common >>>>> sense should tell you that.

If you don't want to see ads, pop-ups, and the like, you should
definitely use an ad blocker. There are several popular ad blockers you >>>>> can choose from. Assuming you are using the default Safari browser, I'd >>>>> recommend 1Blocker, AdGuard, or Wipr.

Thanks, but I don’t use Safari. I use Chrome.

You shouldn't.

Why?

For various reasons. Chrome is divulging your private data to Google. It
is by far not as integrated into the Apple ecosystem as Safari. It lacks functionality and uses much more energy than Safari. And there are some
more minor issues.

Thanks. I’ll try to use it and see if I like it. I was too used to Chrome from my Android user days.

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Chris Schram <[email protected]> wrote:

On Sat, 1 Feb 2025 07:40:50 -0000 (UTC), Cameo wrote:

Jörg Lorenz <[email protected]> wrote:

On 31.01.25 23:50, Cameo wrote:

Jolly Roger <[email protected]> wrote:

On 2025-01-31, Cameo <[email protected]d> wrote:

I see some promos for apps that claim to stop unwanted pop-up ads
and I wonder if it is just a ploy to plant some malware on my phone. >>>>>> Any experience with such apps?

"Ad blockers are malware" isn't something I anticipated reading
today.

While there's nothing inherently nefarious about ad blockers, without >>>>> specifics, nobody can vouch for these nebulous apps you mention.
Common sense should tell you that.

If you don't want to see ads, pop-ups, and the like, you should
definitely use an ad blocker. There are several popular ad blockers
you can choose from. Assuming you are using the default Safari
browser, I'd recommend 1Blocker, AdGuard, or Wipr.

Thanks, but I don’t use Safari. I use Chrome.

You shouldn't.

Why?

Use what you're comfortable with. Personally I have recently deleted
Search and Maps (in favor of DuckDuckGo and Waze), but I'm holding onto
Voice for historical reasons and my free "secret" phone number.

I'm currently locked into YouTube TV because at the time it was the less expensive option I found to still get local network TV stations once I finally gave up on Dish network.

All that said, I am not happy at all with Google's recent open pandering
to the Pendejo Administration.

I also use Google Voice where I keep a US phone number I established when I still lived there. This makes it easier for my US contacts to keep in touch with me. I wonder though how long will Google support it when it makes no
money on it.

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J�rg Lorenz <[email protected]> wrote:

On 31.01.25 23:03, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2025-01-31, Cameo <[email protected]d> wrote:

I see some promos for apps that claim to stop unwanted pop-up ads and I
wonder if it is just a ploy to plant some malware on my phone. Any
experience with such apps?

"Ad blockers are malware" isn't something I anticipated reading today.

While there's nothing inherently nefarious about ad blockers, without specifics, nobody can vouch for these nebulous apps you mention. Common sense should tell you that.

If you don't want to see ads, pop-ups, and the like, you should
definitely use an ad blocker. There are several popular ad blockers you
can choose from. Assuming you are using the default Safari browser, I'd recommend 1Blocker, AdGuard, or Wipr.

Compared to Firefox or Brave combined with uBlock Origin and NoScript
these blockers in Safari are almost placebos. I tired it several times
and I was always completely disappointed.

Also frustrating to customize the ad blockages like with AdGuard Pro. :(
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On 2025-02-01, Jörg Lorenz <[email protected]> wrote:

On 31.01.25 23:03, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2025-01-31, Cameo <[email protected]d> wrote:

I see some promos for apps that claim to stop unwanted pop-up ads and I
wonder if it is just a ploy to plant some malware on my phone. Any
experience with such apps?

"Ad blockers are malware" isn't something I anticipated reading today.

While there's nothing inherently nefarious about ad blockers, without
specifics, nobody can vouch for these nebulous apps you mention. Common
sense should tell you that.

If you don't want to see ads, pop-ups, and the like, you should
definitely use an ad blocker. There are several popular ad blockers you
can choose from. Assuming you are using the default Safari browser, I'd
recommend 1Blocker, AdGuard, or Wipr.

Compared to Firefox or Brave combined with uBlock Origin and NoScript
these blockers in Safari are almost placebos. I tired it several times
and I was always completely disappointed.

I'm pretty happy with 1Blocker. It blocks most ads by default, and has
plenty of customization. It also comes with a full-device DNS blocking
firewall on mobile devices.

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Jolly Roger <[email protected]> wrote:
...

I'm pretty happy with 1Blocker. It blocks most ads by default, and has
plenty of customization. It also comes with a full-device DNS blocking firewall on mobile devices.

Is it free? AdGuard Pro wasn't. :(
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On 2025-02-04, Ant <[email protected]> wrote:

Jolly Roger <[email protected]> wrote:
...

I'm pretty happy with 1Blocker. It blocks most ads by default, and
has plenty of customization. It also comes with a full-device DNS
blocking firewall on mobile devices.

Is it free? AdGuard Pro wasn't. :(

The basic version of both are free. :)

If you appreciate the "pro" features, your choices are to pay up and
support the app developer or don't use those features. There's nothing
unfair about this. So you can stop pouting about it now.

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