• Preston Maness ☭
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    1 year ago

    They can serve you ads just fine on mobile web, that’s not it. It’s that the app let’s them track your behavior far better than the web browser.

    It’s both. Firefox for Android lets you run uBlockOrigin, effectively killing the ads.

    • Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      And existing on a network with DNS blocking of ads performs similar

      It is 100% the spyware. There is a reason that stuff like the facebook app and the like have ridiculous permissions on platforms that even respect those.