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Not technical at all, I work in Learning & Development at a company. I am always reading the comments and try to learn, but sometimes I have really no clue what you guys are talking about haha!
Yesterday someone was expleaning about adblocker and all the comments were like: "Yeah, who can live without it..." Well, me I guess? And I saw one that was highly recommended so I downloaded it, because why not try it out right? But apparently it's not for your phone. Or I didn't have the right app to support it on my phone.
I was thinking about asking it in the comments of the thread, but like you said: I think a lot of people here have a tech background and although everyone is very nice, I think the explanation might go over my head.
I don't want to give people the feeling I get when I'm trying to explain to my mom over the phone how she can e-mail a file on her computer. It can be very frustrating ;)
Then, please ask again and don't feel bad if someone fails to explain it to you :) If an explanation doesn't make sense it's likely that the one giving the explanation skipped a few steps that they think are common-knowledge, but those aren't.
Thanks, that's really kind :)
Just fyi if you want to block ads on your phone you can go to your WIFI settings and set DNS to the AdGuard website or some similar service. Google is your friend for step by step guides
I did it! Or something like it, I learned about DNS and I installed the AdGuard app and begun my free trial period :) Thank you!
You're welcome. You should also try without the app by setting it to something like dns.adguard-dns.com if the app is only a trial!
Thank you! I will start by searching what DNS is π
I donβt think you should be afraid of asking for help, the ones that will offer help are usually going to be very patient.
Thank you, I think you are right. The comments on my comment have been nothing but helpfull and kind. It's really encouraging for a new Lemmy-user like me!
Ah thanks! I just switched to Firefox and Duckduckgo as search engine because all the comments on privacy here on Lemmy. I will check Brave out as well!
Don't know if you know, but you can install addons on Firefox for Android and some of the addons are adblockers.
I did not know. Really kind of you to take the time to react on my comments and giving all these suggestions, cheers!
Also you can ask GPT here on Lemmy.
@[email protected] Can you explain how adblocker works in simple terms? Are there any that work on a phone?
Sure! An adblocker is a piece of software that helps you to avoid unwanted ads when you're surfing the internet.
Here's how it basically works:
As for your second question, yes, there are adblockers that work on phones! Here are a few examples:
Remember that some websites depend on ad revenue to operate, so it's good practice to disable your adblocker for sites that rely on ads but don't misuse them.
Thank you and thank you so much for the prompt as well, you are so kind! :)