▲ 197 ▼ Why there aren't ad blocking apps on Google Play (adguard.com) submitted 2 years ago by rikudou@lemmings.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml 41 comments fedilink hide all child comments The article is AdGuard centric but it sheds light on the whole process where Google suddenly decided to ban ad blockers.
[–] gamey@feddit.rocks 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) DNS blocking isn't proper ad blocking but it's certainly better than nothing! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] 6lights@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gamey@feddit.rocks 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Well, not about the DNS blocking, that's absolutely great but it can only block on a domain basis so ads from the same domain aka first party ads (E.g. Youtube ads) can't be blocked using it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] 6lights@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] 6lights@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gamey@feddit.rocks 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Well, not about the DNS blocking, that's absolutely great but it can only block on a domain basis so ads from the same domain aka first party ads (E.g. Youtube ads) can't be blocked using it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] 6lights@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gamey@feddit.rocks 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Well, not about the DNS blocking, that's absolutely great but it can only block on a domain basis so ads from the same domain aka first party ads (E.g. Youtube ads) can't be blocked using it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] 6lights@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] 6lights@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent