dont know why suddenly it just got off the playstore.
disappeared.
googled up abit and i found this
https://code.google.com/p/ad-away/
I received an email from Google Play that AdAway was removed due to "Violation of section 4.4 of the Developer Distribution Agreement." Thus, it will never be available on Google Play again. Please switch to F-Droid, the open alternative to Google Play!
Allow app installs from 'unknown sources'
Download https://f-droid.org/FDroid.apk to your device
Install this apk
Open F-Droid and search for AdAway
AdAway
AdAway is an open source ad blocker for Android using the hosts file. It needs Android >= 2.1 and ROOT access.
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what's F-droid ? like playstore ? is it safe ?
Google Removes All Ad-Blocker Apps From Google Play Store
not sure.. there was a good one Adfree.. even thats gone..
something i found here
http://www.heavy.com/regions/2013/03/google-removes-ad-blocker-apps-from-google-play-store/
Google banned all apps that are blocking adverts from Play. Fck google!
Just found out the same by trying to install an ad blocker on my friend's phone.
I would say F-Droid is pretty safe, at least the AdAway author recommends it!
"Don't be evil?"
Rom Toolbox pro still does adblocking, though I'm not sure if it's as good as or better than Adaway or ABP were. Rom Toolbox Pro is absolutely worth the money for any root user anyway.
Google has also sent an email to jrummy, so even that will be taken down soon.
I got a copy a adaway, if anyone wants it lemme know.
Wtf is Google doing ?
Are they tracking users as well ?
ROM Toolbox includes an ad blocker.
Since Adaway is opensource I've compiled it and posted the latest version here.
its newer than what was in the play store.
Google!!
No one likes adverts and pop ups, Wtf!?
Please don't end up like Apple
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feartheanonymity said:
Google!!
No one likes adverts and pop ups, Wtf!?
Please don't end up like Apple
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Really? Nothing is stopping you from side loading apk's outside of the Play Store, and the adblock apps did break Google's TOS.
But you're right, no one likes ads, but how do you think devs earns money? By giving away their hard work for free? Nope.
If you don't like ads, then buy an ad-free version of the app or side load an adblocker and move on.
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Of course I'm all for supporting devs, and if am app is worth paying for I will pay for it.
Most of the ads are just crap and not related to other apps, just things like "increase your penis size by 10"
But rules are rules so i have to accept your comment and agree with you. Side loading apps is okay now n then, but can attract bogus apps so users should be cautious.
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feartheanonymity said:
Of course I'm all for supporting devs, and if am app is worth paying for I will pay for it.
Most of the ads are just crap and not related to other apps, just things like "increase your penis size by 10"
But rules are rules so i have to accept your comment and agree with you. Side loading apps is okay now n then, but can attract bogus apps so users should be cautious.
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Yup, that's just the way it is.
F Droid is a store ONLY for open source apps! So it is to be trusted
just got f-droid.
thank u all for your replies. hope this discussion stays healthy and perhaps in the future there can be some kind of win-win situation.
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Most of the ads are just crap and not related to other apps, just things like "increase your penis size by 10"
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Who would want a 20" penis?
tdodd said:
Who would want a 20" penis?
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Hahaha that's made my day :thumbup:
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If you have a rooted phone,
Search a adblock host file here on xda or in a rom you have somewhere and put it manualy with rootexplorer in
/System/etc
Replace the empty existed one
I have a lot of ad block host file on my sdcard and all my rooted phone have it and no ads come on my phone.
All apps on the store just replace/mirror your default host file with a updated one.
But I think it's better to do this manualy,because this host file is very sensistive for network and if you have a bad line in,then a virus or malware could pass.
Or
if it to strong,then you cannot surf on certain site or watch video.
To edit it,
just go on google dash and ads notifier panel,
and copy all network adress,then put them in your edited host file for block it
AW: AdAway
yani2000 said:
I would say F-Droid is pretty safe, at least the AdAway author recommends it!
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Think so too. Installed Fdroid.apk and AdAway, Avast said nothing after scanning the files.
I don't speak English, I speak bad English.
Thanks for sharing this
Related
I love the android market and all of the free apps, but a large problem with it is that some of the apps do not have a paid version that removes the ads on them.
What is a good ad blocker for the Motorola Atrix?
Adfree works well.
A better, nicer looking, open source alternative is to use AdAway.
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mobileweasel said:
Adfree works well.
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https://market.android.com/details?...xMiwiY29tLmJpZ3RpbmNhbi5hbmRyb2lkLmFkZnJlZSJd
My preference is the ROM Toolbox by JRummy16.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jrummy.liberty.toolboxpro#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDIxMiwiY29tLmpydW1teS5saWJlcnR5LnRvb2xib3hwcm8iXQ..
There is also a free version.
I find, that tweaking /system/etc/hosts file (like here: h**p://someonewhocares.org/hosts/ ) results in quite good ad blocking mechanism (some rom's already do that "out of the box"). You'll need root for that though.
cheers
All the suggestions in this thread are good, however make sure you download and install "Airpush Detector".
Sadly more and more App are sneaking in Airpush malware inside their apps and "Airpush Detector" does a solid job finding them.
Finally if you do find a "suspect App" having this malware, please put it in the Market comments that the App has it so we can cut down on this BS...
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wingmanjd said:
My preference is the ROM Toolbox by JRummy16.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jrummy.liberty.toolboxpro#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDIxMiwiY29tLmpydW1teS5saWJlcnR5LnRvb2xib3hwcm8iXQ..
There is also a free version.
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tried it, it didn't do anything for game ads on my atrix.
i like the rest of the app though... i was able to uninstall a few of my other root apps in place of it.
Adfree here. Works well.
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tried it, it didn't do anything for game ads on my atrix.
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That's weird, because it worked for me in a bunch of my apps (Reckless Racing, Pandora, Google Reader, etc). I have a stupid question and I'll ask if you applied the four different types of blocks (Ads, Porn, Casino, Risky)?
Hi!
Does anybody know what this battery update is. I got it as an update and to unlock the full features, I had to pay 3€per month!
I immediately unistalled this.
Is it spam? Virus!
Best regards
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What are you referring to? No link.
It sounds suspicious though.
It came like a system update and then it installed a battery app that monitored my battery behavior and wanted me to pay 3€ per month ;-)
This is the first time I see something like this on my android phones!?
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I've never heard of anything like that. It does sound very suspicious.
As you say, probably scareware/malware.
Now I have to look for an app to remove what ever is doing this ;-)
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It is probably related to an app you have already installed. Go through any apps you aren't sure are from trusted sources/devs.
Thanks for the tip, I will check my apps. All my apps are from market place, its sad if we cannot trust the market?
Regards
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The sad thing is mate you can't trust the market. You have to be careful what your installing!
Always check what permissions needs the app you are downloading depends of the type you dl it should need the right permissions. So lets say you dl a game and it needs permission for your contacts and call services then it is up to you to dl it I would never. And as long the developers have no other way to get cash they implant ofc in their apps some advertises so be carefully all the time.
And market is like Facebook a no money platform that helps people to find things, but it moment check what it provides, it is on the user to report bad apps. So many people abuse that.
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Thanks a lot, I will try to be careful, and read before accepting anything this time.
Regards
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Are you serious?
Lol that's one of the scammiest things I've ever heard of.
If I were you I'd factory reset, and in future only install well reviewed and tested apps.
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As a rule of thumb, I don't click on any links from any app, except the browser
I use a program that lets you assign permissions to any app. Anything that I install that I don't think needs to access contacts, location etc, I just block.
It has a side benefit of blocking the stupid ads in the apps also.
Try to use "LBE privacy guard" from the market its free!
NEED ROOT!
With this app u can control every app u installed give and take permissions!
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lbe.security.lite&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5sYmUuc2VjdXJpdHkubGl0ZSJd
I had one of these updates in my notification menu. Never installed it though.
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I get this when I play certain games.
its just an in game advert made to look official which links to an app in the market.
It reads something like " You have two Battery updates available"
Download addon detektor then you can see whats causing the the push ad
And remove that battery thingy its probably the one that steals your contacts for spam
MikeFRG said:
Try to use "LBE privacy guard" from the market its free!
With this app u can control every app u installed give and take permissions!
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lbe.security.lite&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5sYmUuc2VjdXJpdHkubGl0ZSJd
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It requires root for full features.
equalness said:
Hi!
Does anybody know what this battery update is. I got it as an update and to unlock the full features, I had to pay 3€per month!
I immediately unistalled this.
Is it spam? Virus!
Best regards
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Unfortunately you have been hit by a 'Scareware' attack.
As Android is becoming more popular and unlike Apple which has tighter control the Android OS is much more open to attacks such as this.
You really have to be on your guard watching for these malicious attacks.
Read the comments from PCWorld and 2Viruses for a greater explanation.
No, this is not associated with piracy as are most cases with this app. After many weeks of extensive testing I've learned that Lucky Patcher can drastically increase the battery life of Android devices. There are a lot of apps out there that stop ads in applications but that doesn't stop the application from waking up your device and sending a request for the ad. I would barely make 8 hours of battery life with that happening and after using Lucky Patcher to remove Google ads from apps that had them my battery life has tripled. Test it for yourselves.
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Interesting, im going to try this.
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djluis48 said:
Interesting, im going to try this.
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Has it worked for you?
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8 hours of moderate use, texting, a few calls, web browsing and minor gaming, and I'm at 82%.
My longest was about 3 days with only texting and light browsing.
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Anyone have the apk? Can't seem to find it in play store.
cause you can't. This app is for cracking other apps, blocking license veryfication, adblocks and other illegal things
ovitz said:
cause you can't. This app is for cracking other apps, blocking license veryfication, adblocks and other illegal things
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So wouldn't that make things like Ad Free and ROM Toolbox illegal since they almost do the same thing when it comes to blocking ads? Those apps stop you from receiving ads while lucky patcher stops the apps from sending a request for them. Both stop the ads while lucky patcher stops the apps from sending a request for them which will increase your battery life. A while back I read something on MSN news about how these ads diminish battery life and this is just a way to stop that. Either way, lucky patcher AND apps like ROM Toolbox and Ad Free would technically be illegal because they both stop the ads. It all depends on how you use them. That's like saying apps like Root Explorer are illegal because you can copy data you've downloaded online for a paid app and use it for free when most of us use it in different ways.
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read carefuly, "cracking other apps, blocking license veryfication"... adblocking is one from those things. You can download app for free, but you have to accept adverts. Simply.
ovitz said:
read carefuly, "cracking other apps, blocking license veryfication"... adblocking is one from those things. You can download app for free, but you have to accept adverts. Simply.
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Not to be rude, but its MY phone. I can put on/take off, block whatever I want on it. I get all my ad blockers from the Play Store.
Sent my Atrix that is faster than most phones
I played around with permissions for fun. I changed some on words free and it resulted in a boot loop. Wipe cache wipe dalvik fix permissions and still a boot loop.. I had to do a full wipe.. be warned. Do a full backup if you plan to mess around with this thing
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andrew.cambridge said:
Not to be rude, but its MY phone. I can put on/take off, block whatever I want on it. I get all my ad blockers from the Play Store.
Sent my Atrix that is faster than most phones
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Yes, I know, but pre4speed ask "Anyone have the apk? Can't seem to find it in play store.", so I told him why
ovitz said:
read carefuly, "cracking other apps, blocking license veryfication"... adblocking is one from those things. You can download app for free, but you have to accept adverts. Simply.
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So you're saying Ad Free and ROM Toolbox are illegal? There's no difference between between not sending a request for an ad and not receiving an ad. Either way, the ad is not being shown and the people who made the apps are not getting paid. So just about every ROM out there is illegal because it contains ROM Toolbox?
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So you're saying Ad Free and ROM Toolbox are illegal? There's no difference between between not sending a request for an ad and not receiving an ad. Either way, the ad is not being shown and the people who made the apps are not getting paid. So just about every ROM out there is illegal because it contains ROM Toolbox?
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I think the major issue is "cracking other apps". AdFree simply blocks ad urls (via HOSTS), it does not block the application from requesting the ad from the internet. The app in question modifies other program code to remove the ad functionality, etc - this is the licensing issue....
Edit: I don't use ROM Toolbox, but its description does say that it blocks ads by IP as well, same as AdFree. Blocking Internet traffic in/out is one thing, modifying other licensed code for this app's reason is quite another. While I understand the battery life issue and it does make sense, you agree to the ads when you install the (quite often Free) apps.....
Edit2: Don't get me wrong, if you use it and it works, use it - it is your phone. This is simply the reason you won't find it on the Play Store!
god damn it... read carefuly, it's just examples... using ROM Toolbox isn't illegal to use, but you have to get rooted phone. If you have rooted phon you have violated the guarantee
ovitz said:
god damn it... read carefuly, it's just examples... using ROM Toolbox isn't illegal to use, but you have to get rooted phone. If you have rooted phon you have violated the guarantee
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LOL and this too :good:
That's the problem in itself. Yes. Free apps. They get paid for the advertising. So modifying the app or just blocking it via host files does the same thing. Stops the ads. Meaning that both are technically illegal.
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ovitz said:
Yes, I know, but pre4speed ask "Anyone have the apk? Can't seem to find it in play store.", so I told him why
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Just a side note. He (meaning me) is a she. Lol. Thanx for the info
On the note of piracyy, has anyone heard that the protection of apps has increased in jelly bean and it is not possible to crack new apps that will include this feature?
pre4speed said:
Just a side note. He (meaning me) is a she. Lol. Thanx for the info
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Lol its a stereotype not many women users on xda.
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does lucky patcher work on Jelly Bean?
Hi
windows store is not available for my country. is there any 3rd party software to download apps from microsoft windows store? we have the same situation for google play store and i use an app named "real apk leecher" which searches the google play store and downloads apk files from it.
For android you can use torrents and black market app
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Guys stop talking about warez,torrents and blackmart alpha and sideloading.....it will lead to piracy.....dont discuss on xda.discuss on forums like market militia if at all u want to discuss such a topic.The Archangel or some other moderator will close this thread soon ...... I understand the OP's urge to use metro apps but you should have used a pm instead
Anyway ill help...as far as i know there is no other way to sideload apps except by getting a developer license from microsoft.
Hit thanks if i helped you
im not asking for any warez/torrent bla bla bla
as i said, real apk leecher is a similar app for google play market which is available on xda forums.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1563894
spyblaster91 said:
im not asking for any warez/torrent bla bla bla
as i said, real apk leecher is a similar app for google play market which is available on xda forums.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1563894
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I haven't seen anything like this for the Windows 8 store yet, your best bet is probably going to be getting a US-based VPN.
i had no chance with vpn. but succeeded with fiddler + socks proxy. however, download speed is very low. i hope someone make a good leecher soon.
I've read that its possible to side load 8 apps (and indeed chrome does it upon install) but I've never looked into it.
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link68759 said:
I've read that its possible to side load 8 apps (and indeed chrome does it upon install) but I've never looked into it.
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Browsers have special exceptions, and they aren't in the store either. You can't install them on rt.
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guys im not asking for a tut to install apps manually, i know how to do that already!
i need a leecher to get .appx files from store. seems like such a software is not developed yet. so this thread can be a request for it. i hope someone make it soon.
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i read something with apk
i dont know how to do that
track 1 said:
i read something with apk
i dont know how to do that
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Man, you have a long way to go...
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track 1 said:
i read something with apk
i dont know how to do that
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Adaway isn`t gone, get it here https://code.google.com/p/ad-away/ and please learn how to use Google and most of all READ.
Or use adfree. (need root)
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Unjustable said:
Or use adfree. (need root)
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Adblockers always need root afaik.
Just google it and download an apk!
gee2012 said:
Adblockers always need root afaik.
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I think adaway or some other ad blocker worked without root for ads over WiFi. For some reason though none of the adblockers I've tried work over mobile data for me which is incredibly annoying since I haven't had an ad (on my phone or PC) in years pretty much.
track 1 said:
i read something with apk
i dont know how to do that
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i don't think you are familiar with installing apk's to your phone. I just want to mention that google would have solved your problem much faster . And there would be less haters around
I will explain it to you, as simple as possible.
1. Go to google and search for ad away . apk file. For example i found this link for german users: http://www.chip.de/downloads/AdAway-Android-App_56011287.html
2. Connect your Phone to your PC and move the .apk file to your phone(sdcard). Other options are using a Cloud like Dropbox etc.
3. Go to your settings -> security -> and select the option unknown source or whatever it is called in english. ( Installing from unknown source or something)
4. Go into PlayStore and load a file manager like Astro-Filemanager
5. after installing a filemanager, open it and go to the path you have moved your .apk file to... and select it
6. Press install and have fun with it
Hope i could help.
indoh said:
i don't think you are familiar with installing apk's to your phone. I just want to mention that google would have solved your problem much faster . And there would be less haters around
I will explain it to you, as simple as possible.
1. Go to google and search for ad away . apk file. For example i found this link for german users: http://www.chip.de/downloads/AdAway-Android-App_56011287.html
2. Connect your Phone to your PC and move the .apk file to your phone(sdcard). Other options are using a Cloud like Dropbox etc.
3. Go to your settings -> security -> and select the option unknown source or whatever it is called in english. ( Installing from unknown source or something)
4. Go into PlayStore and load a file manager like Astro-Filemanager
5. after installing a filemanager, open it and go to the path you have moved your .apk file to... and select it
6. Press install and have fun with it
Hope i could help.
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you are a lifesaver
Pay for apps, don't screw over your developers.
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AW: whats a good ad blocker now ad away is gone
track 1 said:
you are a lifesaver
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feel free to pm me if you need help in any other case.
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chrisrozon said:
Pay for apps, don't screw over your developers.
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You misunderstood, Adaway was free anyway but was removed from the Play Store for some reason. It's not piracy at all.
Nigeldg said:
You misunderstood, Adaway was free anyway but was removed from the Play Store for some reason. It's not piracy at all.
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Sorry, YOU misunderstood. Ads equals revenue for the developer, it's the tradeoff you get for free apps.
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chrisrozon said:
Sorry, YOU misunderstood. Ads equals revenue for the developer, it's the tradeoff you get for free apps.
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That's bs. It's our free choice, if we want to look at ads or not. Maybe we should also remove the "channel change" button from our TV remotes, so we cann not switch the channel during ads?!
greg17477 said:
That's bs. It's our free choice, if we want to look at ads or not. Maybe we should also remove the "channel change" button from our TV remotes, so we cann not switch the channel during ads?!
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The choice is watch ads on a free app, and or buy the paid version of it. Blocking ads means eventually there won't be any free apps, since the devs will be forced to charge for them all.
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Not if you don't click on them, which the vast majority of people don't anyway.
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Ad away is a free app. Some devs don't want money. Hard to give money to people who don't want your moola.
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Devs who don't want payment don't have adds in their apps.
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chrisrozon said:
Devs who don't want payment don't have adds in their apps.
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Untrue. Some Devs make only one app with ads. And I'd gladly purchase a full version but there isn't one. So I have the choice of looking at stupid annoying ads or blocking them... If a Dev wants payment, offer ad free version. Which most devs do...with additional features. This is the way to do it.
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What is with the sudden hate towards ad blockers now that Google has said something about them? There is a way to block people using ad blockers from launching an app and I've only seen one Dev do it, so obviously they don't care enough about that precious 0.02 a user to take actions to stop ad blockers
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