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          So Verizon gave you a phone for no upfront cost, and they’re shitty for making you pay for it if you decide to dash away early?

          Fascinating threshold for shitty behavior you have.

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            I can’t believe people still do that. You aren’t saving money and you’re locked in 2 years. I guess if that’s that only kind of financing you can get.

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              I guess if that’s that only kind of financing you can get.

              That’s exactly what it is. Look up the statistics on how many people can’t afford an unexpected $500 bill. Most people simply don’t have the money to pay out of pocket for what smartphones actually cost, so they’re stuck with exploitation, or nothing.

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                If the phone costs $500, they simply increase your monthly bill by $500 / 24 months = $20 a month.

                It’s a bit more complicated than this, and they’ll likely have some interest built in as well, but functionally, it’s no different than being given a loan to buy the phone and then paying the loan off over the two years. That’s why carriers often require a credit check before doing this.

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          Oh no Verizon is making you do the fucking shit you signed up and agreed to do oh no the horror!

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              Oh my heart is fantastic, Suzanne, but thanks for your concern.

              I just don’t go online and complain about the terms of legal contracts that I signed while blaming the company for being the bad guys for setting forth the terms that you, again, agreed to.

              🤦

              Edit: And your downvotes mean nothing either rofl.

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          Tracker Control on Android works well for system-wide tracker and ad blocking, and you can configure custom blocking rules per-app. Works without root by using a VPN profile (but no data leaves your device via the VPN, it just routes the traffic through this app).

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          Set your DNS servers to dns.adguard-dns.com (Settings > search for DNS). Also you should install the DDG app and enable App Tracking Protection. You don’t actually have to use the browser portion of the app for it to work. After doing these two things, ads and trackers will be blocked in every app.

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      With an ad blocking dns.

      https://adguard-dns.io/en/public-dns.html

      Go down to the configure manually option and follow the instructions for iPhone.

      I think next guard is also supposed to be decent, but they won’t let you use it without an account.

      The nice thing about the dns approach is it works for more than just your web browser. There’s a bunch of Android games that are essentially unplayable without an adblocking dns.

      As a disclaimer, a bunch of sites are ramping up requiring enabling ads or they won’t let you load the content. I’m ok with just hitting back and not viewing those sites, but my MIL just asked for help removing the ad guard dns because her news sites wouldn’t let her in.

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      I use a Safari extension called Purify. It’s in the App Store. Works pretty well for me.

      (I also use a pi-hole at home)

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        Similar for me - 1Blocker and pi-hole at home. Then I also VPN to my home when outside to continue the pi-hole filter.

        I also use iCloud relay with non-precise location.

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      Some VPNs like Mullvad actually have an option in their app to block ads, gambling stuff, etc.

      They don’t catch everything, but work pretty well.

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        You answered better and thanks for the link. Is this a free service?

        I’m using adguard but I’ve heard the owners are possibly unscrupulous.

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          That is a free service and I really like it make sure you read their website basically when you sign up which requires no login it’ll give you a unique dns entry to use as your DNS

          The reason I like this one is it’s not just ad blocking it fixing a bunch of anti-tracking and other features

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      Can you install Firefox?

      In Firefox you should be able to install the add-on “uBlock origin”. No additional tweaking of settings required.

      With Firefox you can browse the web including pages like YouTube.

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      At least, you can change your DNS to one who blocks ads. It’s not as efficient as uBlock origin and system wide on Android. But, it’s better than nothing.

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      Definitely look into Next DNS. There are also some Safari extensions that can block ads.

      I also suggest buying refurbished unlocked phones in the future instead of going for the carrier freebies which you can see are scams designed to lock you into paying for their overpriced service each month for over a year.

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      Back when I had an iPhone I used Orion. It’s not perfect, but it blocked the vast majority of ads for me.

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      As a quick and easy alternative, you can set it to automatically open sites in reader mode. I’ve been trying that lately and it definitely helps although also mixed results where sites block part of their content from reader mode.

      With automatic reader mode, I click to hide reader much less often than I formerly clicked to enable it

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      You can install Orion browser by Kagi and install extensions from Firefox like uBlock Origin

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      AdGuard still works well but there are other safari extensions. At home I use eero ad blocking which works well for a maintenance free blocker.