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radix, w [Request] Remove ads from Duolingo?
@radix@lemm.ee avatar

Seconding the DNS suggestion. Specifically I set my DNS to dns.adguard-dns.com and that does the trick for mobile games and such.

Lojcs,

Duolingo stull shows an ad for the premium if no external ad is available iirc

radix,
@radix@lemm.ee avatar

Ohh, got it. Yeah, I don’t know of a way to get rid of that. I’d guess Revanced, but I haven’t used it myself.

Skoobie, w If all adblocks get deleted, would you still pirate?
@Skoobie@lemmy.film avatar

Ads have never stopped me. Reasonable pricing to access content stopped for me for several years tho. Fuck you, Zaslav.

juliebean, w If all adblocks get deleted, would you still pirate?

i have no idea what connection you think there is between piracy and adblockers. if anything, wouldn’t killing all adblockers encourage more piracy, not less?

Jerbil, w If all adblocks get deleted, would you still pirate?
@Jerbil@hexbear.net avatar

I don’t see how these two things correlate. Private trackers don’t have ads on them and many public ones that require an account don’t either. Are you still downloading things through a browser with jdownloader?

Apollo2323, w If all adblocks get deleted, would you still pirate?

Blocking ads its not piracy.

theKalash, (edited )

I think it’s a qoute from some sitcome, I don’t remember where I heard it. But it’s “Not watching the ads is like stealing TV!”. And it’s about just changing the channel during an ad break. It’s clearly a joke, too. But maybe some people actually believe that.

wolfshadowheart,
@wolfshadowheart@kbin.social avatar

It's quoting Linus Tech Tips. And he's being mostly genuine about it.

Kissaki, w [Request] Remove ads from Duolingo?
@Kissaki@feddit.de avatar

Using a DNS that blocks ad domains works for blocking third party apps. The duolingo video ad still shows up though.

DNS is a OS setting.

Closing an reopening the app works too as a workaround. Progress is saved on completion, before the ad.

zbecker, (edited ) w If all adblocks get deleted, would you still pirate?
@zbecker@mastodon.zbecker.cc avatar

@XeryBlox most people who pirate a lot have automated setups that auto download every. The software stack that's commonly used is *Arr.

Sonarr for TV, Radarr for movies and lidarr for music.

There are also no ads when you go to the trackers directly via the API. Same for usenet indexers

Vaggumon, w If all adblocks get deleted, would you still pirate?
@Vaggumon@lemm.ee avatar

I pirate cause the companies that produce what I want are greedy shit bags not because of ads.

iHUNTcriminals, (edited ) w If all adblocks get deleted, would you still pirate?

It would just bring back street crime and physical boosting and robbery. Same thing for blocking porn… all the creepy 70/80/90s shit would come back…

theKalash,

I really hate ads, too. But I don’t think I would be turning to street crime because of them.

iHUNTcriminals, (edited )

Idk I guess I mean like boosted vendors. In 90s and early 00 I used to go to expos or even certain street vendors and they would have boosted or ripped movies and software.

And in terms of porn I mean sex spots scattered around cities and towns.

theKalash,

But why would this happen because of ads?

I don’t see this direct link between adblockers and being able to pirate stuff.

theKalash, w If all adblocks get deleted, would you still pirate?

There will always be adblock in some form, it can’t be removed.

But even if it somehow happened, I don’t see how that would affect my pirating. Sure, some torrent sites might be a bit harder to navigate, but that’s just an inconvenience.

hellequin67,

They can remove adblocks all they want.

Private DNS will still exist, there’s at least two that have noads DNS, Mullvad and LibreDNS.

They work in most browser’s/devices etc.

matey,

I believe Proton also has the ability to block ads via DNS.

Onionizer,

That doesn’t work if the ad is served from the same server as the website

Appoxo,
@Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

And if, a browser will be forked that can still use the extension interface.

hellequin67, (edited ) w [Request] Remove ads from Duolingo?

You can try a private DNS, easy to set up in Android and blocks ads in most apps and browsers

Libredns

Mullvaddns

can,

Are there downsides to using these?

hellequin67,

None that I can think.

They’re no slower from what I see on daily use and both are privacy focused.

TheHobbyist, w If all adblocks get deleted, would you still pirate?

For people who pirate because they can’t afford the increasingly more expensive games, how does the removal of adblocks change anything?

sovietknuckles,
@sovietknuckles@hexbear.net avatar

I think they’re talking about ads on download pages making it more difficult to click the correct download button when pirating

Pulp,

Using those sites is just asking for trouble

sovietknuckles,
@sovietknuckles@hexbear.net avatar

Agreed

downpunxx, w If all adblocks get deleted, would you still pirate?
@downpunxx@kbin.social avatar

lol, what? Ad Blocking doesn't protect you from being discovered committing piracy, VPN's do

sabreW4K3, w [Request] Remove ads from Duolingo?
@sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf avatar

Just set up a school.

zcd, w [Request] Remove ads from Duolingo?

Pihole

can,

Someday, but I need a device to run that on.

zcd,

You can run it on literally anything including a virtual machine, android tv box, old laptop from the trash…

can,

My current laptop might as well be from the trash lol. I do have old android devices but that seems inefficient especially with battery concerns. I do have an old android tv box I never got working. Maybe that’s something I’ll look into. Thanks.

kratoz29,
@kratoz29@lemm.ee avatar

Huh? How do you run PiHole on ATV?

Pulp,

Might as well use nextdns then

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