Yes, I noticed that. It's still a personal choice whether to donate or not. Since I'm not in the home all the time, they can get my public WiFi ads, the ones that I actually use. If I find it absolutely essential, I will personally donate once post-secondary and other life loans are taken care of.
You see, I'm about as loyal to any one OS or even program as the next best thing beta-tested. On Sunday, October 21, 2012 4:19:35 PM UTC-7, William Ferguson wrote: > > You do realise that most of the developers providing those free apps and > games you use also rely on advertising revenue right? > > William > > On Monday, October 22, 2012 7:43:07 AM UTC+10, J_L wrote: >> >> In my experience, the best and most stable way of doing this is via a >> custom DNS. Unfortunately, you cannot keep the IP DHCP when you've set both >> that and the DNS as Static. That shouldn't be too much of a problem with a >> configured router. Also, SIM doesn't work without rooting. I used Opera >> Mobile, Onavo, and Wi-Fi Finder when I had a data-only plan, but not >> anymore. Fortunately, there is a free service that specializes in blocking >> advertising and phishing called FoolDNS. Whether you trust them or not is >> up to you. I wouldn't bother with any serious data being stored in a phone >> anyways, especially with SIM and WiFi capability. >> >> Next, there's the Adblock Plus add-on for Firefox Mobile. Although it >> worked fine, I couldn't get used to Firefox being a Dolphin HD user. The >> interface is just so lacking in comparison. >> >> Lastly, there is Adblock Android. I do not recommend it, because it >> didn't work for my SIM at all, and was sketchy with WiFi. I didn't even >> know how to set it up for WiFi when I was a newbie. On pages that ads were >> blocked on (after importing EasyList+EasyPrivacy), it made my browser >> continuously load. I notice that may be a Dolphin problem, but it's a major >> one nonetheless. I don't think any flash ads were blocked. >> >> What websites did I use to test this? Some of my regular visits, and this >> proxy with heavy advertising called vtunnel.com (to test FP's [and the >> HTTPS version actually worked in China]). Anyways, I welcome all current >> alternatives *without* rooting the device. >> >> I'm using a Samsung Galaxy Note if that helps, and very technically >> within it w/o sudo or UAC. I will definitely root it after the last >> official firmware, or if they really screwed things up (as well as ignoring >> next major release), install custom firmware. >> >> P.S. This may be a future app worth waiting for: >> https://adblockplus.org/en/android-about >> P.P.S. I know Google loves and depends on advertising, but I have no >> loyalty towards their profit without mine. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/android-discuss/-/zTRzJIZPYiwJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
