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Just a reminder we are the future of social media. (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It’s so weird, I don’t even notice the lack of ads most of the time (pihole, never leave home, so it’s roughly the same experience I'm used to)

But when I go out? Oh man fediverse is the only site I’ll use because I know it’s safe from ads. The other privacy/user-focus stuff is just a bonus.

(I don’t have any friends around here, so just sort of go out to be out, and usually for food)

[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Inevitably there will be a fediverse instance with ads, but whether or not people want to use it will be up to the individual.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago

As long as the ads don’t federate in an un-blockable way, they can do as they like. I wouldn’t make an account there, I’d rather donate actual money than have a degraded experience (which for sure works out better for everyone), but I get the drive to monetize.

And they should absolutely -not- be allowed to federate ads, for any reason, since it goes against the vibe. But inevitably there will be “sponsored posts” (probably already are), and I think those instances/users will see themselves fade to oblivion, as long as new users are brought to understand that they could just chip in $2 and never see an ad.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I use Boost and it has ads. But they're ignorable as a banner here and there, not constantly. I can live with that.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is Boost really that much better than Eternity or Voyager that you put up with ads?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I like it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Fair enough :)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

What you can do is install wireguard server at home and then set your phone to use that wireguard connection always. That's what I do and then my pihole at home filters all my mobile traffic as well.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I usually have a private vpn. It’s just isn’t always up. And I can’t be bothered to have it maintained most times because I’m not in control.

I’m considering setting it up through my router which has a built in option, so I don’t have to rely on my third party, but honestly I almost never leave pihole protected networks. So not a priority.