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The type of ads are really frustrating (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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...

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[-] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

The developer is not responsible for the targeted ads users get AFAIK

[-] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

Of course he is. They can always set up their ads to avoid scammy clickbait shit. But those pay the most so this is what we get.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

The developer is responsible for putting ads in his app. Not saying I disagree with the sentiment behind your statement because it's technically correct, but the developer has to take some degree of responsibility when they decide to open up their app to basically uncontrollable outside information being displayed to the users. Which is why ad-supported free versions of apps are a damned plague in my opinion. Would rather the free version was missing some functionality instead encouraging users to opt for Pro or Ultra. Unlocking features, not paying to remove ads that weren't and aren't on the Lemmy platform itself in the first place.