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…

  • 👁️👄👁️@lemm.eeEnglish
    252·
    1 year ago

    Set your DNS to dns.adblock-dns.com on your phone, and get uBlock Origin on your computer. It’s been so long since I’ve seen any ads.

  • Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    1 year ago

    My feed was full of “How to get pregnant” ads. And not the porn type, but the medical faceless mannequin type.

    Not sure if I successfully blocked big tech to spy on me and they have no idea what to offer me…or they know somethinh (•_•)

  • Madbrad200@lemmy.worldEnglish
    91·
    1 year ago

    Block them. Google NextDNS, takes about 10 seconds to set up with a simple change in your phone’s DNS settings.

  • Reborn2966@feddit.itEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    there is a button under privacy to revoche the gdpr consent.

    i pressed it and i don’t have any ads (yet) just gray boxes

  • redcalcium@lemmy.instituteEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Try installing an ad blocker. For example, Adguard is pretty good, but must be downloaded from their website instead of from Google Play (ad blockers that can block ads system-wide are not allowed on Google Play). The are also various dns-based ad blockers such as nextdns, which can block ads in apps as long as you can change your device’s DNS.

  • UESPA_Sputnik@feddit.deEnglish
    63·
    1 year ago

    I don’t have the funds to pay for ultra

    There’s also a cheaper ad-free version without the ultra features. Tap the profile picture in the top left, then “remove ads”.

    • Vlixz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      It’s not cheaper at all sync ultra is €3 a month and add free is a €20 one time payment… If he doesn’t have the €3 p.m. for ultra, what makes you think he can pay €20 upfront

      • UESPA_Sputnik@feddit.deEnglish
        12·
        1 year ago

        It’s not cheaper at all sync ultra is €3 a month and add free is a €20 one time payment

        I mean, you cannot really compare monthly payments with one-time payments. Since ad-free is only available as one-time payment it only makes sense to compare the one-time payment prices for each of them. The one-time payment for ultra is ~180€. The one-time payment for ad-free is ~20€. Is that not cheaper?

  • MakeItCount@lemm.eeEnglish
    21·
    1 year ago

    You can setup the type of ads you want or do not want on your Google account. Which will impact sync ads since it uses Google Ads

    • Diplomjodler@feddit.deEnglish
      1·
      1 year 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.

  • xNekoyaki@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I’m not a heavy lemmy user yet (been busy playing Baldur’s Gate 3, woo!) but I’ve had Sync for Lemmy since the day it released, it’s up to date, and I have not seen a single ad yet. I’m using a Oneplus Nord N20, and I don’t have any adblockers installed, except the add-on in my Firefox app. Is it just me?

    • o_oli@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I believe ads are only showing in certain views. The more compact views like List which I use, does not have any ad support lol. When I swapped to the larger cards view I immediately saw ads there.

    • 👁️👄👁️@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’ve been binging on Balders Gate, I’m at like 11 hours now lol. Btw try to get the animal speak skill as soon as you can, you’ll miss a ton of content otherwise.

      • xNekoyaki@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Nice!!! :) I got it! I’m playing a barbarian tiefling, and had to make friends with Scratch! Such a good boy!

  • CobraChicken@lemmy.caEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Honestly I rarely see ads on the app. I mostly get temu ads.

    Go to most news sites and they’re bombarded with shitty ads taking up 80% of the screen space

    On sync I may be see 1 small ad per 10-15 posts, tops.