- Is there any way to install an effective adblock in WP? Back when I used Android there was a way to install Ad Block until google blocked it (https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/0...g-android-apps). Now, since Microsoft doesn't really relies on selling ads for most of its income I would expect them to be more open in that regard and yet I can't find any ad blocking app in the store.
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Soumya Patra likes this.06-29-2013 04:18 PMLike 1 - Share
- There's no ad-block app in the Windows Phone Store, and probably will never get the certification because it blocks the only way which developers use to get money from free apps. Windows Phone is also closed source, which means that many apps (and features) are impossible to develop.06-29-2013 05:02 PMLike 0
- Let us devs earn :P ... In windows phone you always have the option of buying for ad free apps in case you are interested and the Dev has made it available.
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06-29-2013 05:08 PMLike 11 - Share
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What I'd like to see is an ad-block for IE. I use Firefox as my primary desktop browser, mainly since I can use Ad-block and Ghostery.- Share
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06-29-2013 05:13 PMLike 8 - Share
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anon(8010562) likes this.06-29-2013 05:20 PMLike 1 - Share
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- Is there any way to install an effective adblock in WP? Back when I used Android there was a way to install Ad Block until google blocked it (https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/0...g-android-apps). Now, since Microsoft doesn't really relies on selling ads for most of its income I would expect them to be more open in that regard and yet I can't find any ad blocking app in the store.06-29-2013 05:21 PMLike 0
- I use DoNotTrackMe from Abine. Works great under IE10.
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Laura Knotek likes this.06-29-2013 05:23 PMLike 1 - Share
- DNTMe can't block all YouTube ads because Google uses a different method to provide them, but you can get rid of ads using an embedded YouTube version. Have you ever noticed that every embedded YouTube video (in other sites) doesn't contain ads nor age/content restrictions? This is one of a few workarounds you can use.06-29-2013 05:49 PMLike 0
- I secretly use it on Chrome too.. feeling a bit of shame :P, In my defense there are too many Ads on websites.
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Laura Knotek and lasm2000 like this.06-29-2013 05:59 PMLike 2 - Share
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It's the websites, not the apps, where I like ad-block.- Share
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crash1989 likes this.06-29-2013 06:08 PMLike 1 - Share
- DNTMe can't block all YouTube ads because Google uses a different method to provide them, but you can get rid of ads using an embedded YouTube version. Have you ever noticed that every embedded YouTube video (in other sites) doesn't contain ads nor age/content restrictions? This is one of a few workarounds you can use.06-29-2013 07:47 PMLike 0
- Yes, that is essentially my point. I have no problem with devs getting some revenue from their apps (I have just tried Instance free and it is great). But there are some websites which are just plain offensively infested with ads and furthermore, I only have a 400mb per month plan (at 15 bucks with 500 minutes it is actually quite cheap!) and I am not like wasting them on an ad on top of another dancing ad.
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Andrew Green1 likes this.06-29-2013 11:25 PMLike 1 - Share
- Is there any way to install an effective adblock in WP? Back when I used Android there was a way to install Ad Block until google blocked it (https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/0...g-android-apps). Now, since Microsoft doesn't really relies on selling ads for most of its income I would expect them to be more open in that regard and yet I can't find any ad blocking app in the store.06-30-2013 01:47 AMLike 0
- I think most of us would say the same ;), I don't mind ads in free apps as long as they are not intrusive.. i.e. ebuddy last time i used it on symbian start showing "adult" ads was rather annoying and very in very much in your face. Speaking of ebuddy that one app i haven't tried on WP8 lol, might give it a try again.06-30-2013 03:09 PMLike 0
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Jazmac likes this.07-01-2013 09:17 AMLike 1 - Share
- What I find shameful is that developers who use ads in their apps are admitting to blocking ads in websites. How is it that the website provider makes money again? How is that different from what you (and I) do in our apps? To block the ads is to steal from the developer, whether that developer writes apps or a website.07-01-2013 09:56 AMLike 0
- BTW - I'm not saying that I'm better than anyone else... I used to pirate software all the time. But I've come to realize what I was doing was wrong, and I've changed my ways. I'm only trying to encourage that same change in others.
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rcazador likes this.07-01-2013 10:00 AMLike 1 - Share
- What I find shameful is that developers who use ads in their apps are admitting to blocking ads in websites. How is it that the website provider makes money again? How is that different from what you (and I) do in our apps? To block the ads is to steal from the developer, whether that developer writes apps or a website.
I pay for my Internet service, so if I don't want to see ads on websites that's my option, just like if I don't want to see TV commercials.- Share
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Werditgo likes this.07-01-2013 03:31 PMLike 1 - Share
- I'd like to have an adblock when viewing websites via internet explorer, but yeah dev's deserve their money and adblockers for ads in apps should not be allowed and probably will never be allowed.
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Laura Knotek likes this.07-01-2013 04:08 PMLike 1 - Share
- What I find shameful is that developers who use ads in their apps are admitting to blocking ads in websites. How is it that the website provider makes money again? How is that different from what you (and I) do in our apps? To block the ads is to steal from the developer, whether that developer writes apps or a website.
It's amazing how much faster web sites perform when you're not waiting for ads from all kinds of third party ad services to load.- Share
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07-01-2013 05:03 PMLike 9 - Share
- I'm a web developer and I block third party ads when browsing the internet. I don't feel bad about it either. When I visit a website, I want my computer talking only to that server, not 15 other servers from all kinds of ad services that are building a profile of all my internet browsing activities. I'm not opposed to the idea of ads on websites in general. But host your own damn ads if you want me to see them.
It's amazing how much faster web sites perform when you're not waiting for ads from all kinds of third party ad services to load.- Share
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07-01-2013 05:10 PMLike 2 - Share
- Indeed, as you have mentioned, an adblocker is usually the only way one can enforce some sort of elementary privacy on the web. The "do no track" request is only that, a request. Google goes as far as burying that option deep in the options menu of its own browser followed by a disclaimer "most sites don't comply with this request, starting with us".
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Laura Knotek likes this.07-01-2013 09:00 PMLike 1 - Share
- I'm not a developer. I don't pirate. However I don't see anything different with blocking ads in websites or recording a TV show on a DVR and skipping the commercials.
I pay for my Internet service, so if I don't want to see ads on websites that's my option, just like if I don't want to see TV commercials.
Fact is that blocking ads steals from those people. Justifying it doesn't make it right.07-02-2013 02:17 PMLike 0 -
What makes websites more special than TV stations or TV shows?- Share
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triturbo likes this.07-02-2013 02:30 PMLike 1 - Share
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