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The Boost android client for Lemmy is displaying these dark pattern ads pretending to be system notifications. What security/privacy conscious Lemmy clients do you recommend? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago by golden_zealot@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] danie10@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

I'm reading this on Boost (once off payment) and no ads...

[–] epoch@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Use Jerboa.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I recommend ignoring update requests when they pop up. It's not just Boost, I've seen so many of those kids of ads now that I just go check for updates through the system.

[–] ModsAreCopsACAB@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Blokada, never seen a single ad in any of my apps. It's a battery hog, but it works like a charm since I can't get access to my router for a pi-hole.

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 1 points 10 months ago

I use AdAway for this

[–] exu@feditown.com 1 points 10 months ago

Also not FOSS, but I'm using Summit.
It's the only client on Android I'm aware of that has mod-tools built in.

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