The type of ads are really frustrating
The type of ads are really frustrating
I get the reason for there being Ads in the sync app. I don't have the funds to pay for ultra and that's also fine.
But what I find concerning is the type of ads I see. I live in Germany for clarification and most of what I see are websites acting like news sites (right leaning at times). When I accidentally tap on them my browser immediately blocks the website for unsafe practices on their end.
Now I really don't mind the ads in apps if it's the usual app ad, random products or Amazon type of things. But I hate it when every ad is a boomer ass clickbait ad about how solar energy is definitely worse than anything else.
This is my main complaint about sync right now and it might push me to stop using it again as the ads are also very frequent...
My feed was full of "How to get pregnant" ads. And not the porn type, but the medical faceless mannequin type.
Not sure if I successfully blocked big tech to spy on me and they have no idea what to offer me...or they know somethinh (•_•)
I love the phrase "boomer-ass clickbait". Gonna have to work that into rotation somehow.
I'm not a heavy lemmy user yet (been busy playing Baldur's Gate 3, woo!) but I've had Sync for Lemmy since the day it released, it's up to date, and I have not seen a single ad yet. I'm using a Oneplus Nord N20, and I don't have any adblockers installed, except the add-on in my Firefox app. Is it just me?
I still haven't seen any ads when using sync
Try installing an ad blocker. For example, Adguard is pretty good, but must be downloaded from their website instead of from Google Play (ad blockers that can block ads system-wide are not allowed on Google Play). The are also various dns-based ad blockers such as nextdns, which can block ads in apps as long as you can change your device's DNS.
You can setup the type of ads you want or do not want on your Google account. Which will impact sync ads since it uses Google Ads
I just get Temu ads really. They are few and far enough between that I dont mind them.
I'm grateful this is a step up from the ads I often get on Snapchat which are usually gambling sites or alcohol brands.
Would be curious how difficult it was for ads to be incorporated into a lemmy client though. Also how do they decide what ads to play.
Honestly I rarely see ads on the app. I mostly get temu ads.
Go to most news sites and they're bombarded with shitty ads taking up 80% of the screen space
On sync I may be see 1 small ad per 10-15 posts, tops.
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Super weird, still haven't seen an ad in Sync and don't use any sort of ad blockers or anything. Is it regional maybe?
I went through each item on the cookie banner and declined everything (the banner isn't compliant). Since don't that I just see a grey square as a placeholder for where the ads should be.