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1984@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

This simple trick disables ads in Gmail - but there's a catch

www.zdnet.com

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This simple trick disables ads in Gmail - but there's a catch

www.zdnet.com

1984@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago
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If you depend on Gmail for your email communication, but you're tired of seeing ads in your inbox, there's a simple way to get rid of them, though it may mean swapping one problem for another.
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      I’m genuinely shocked that there are people out there that view ads. Between ublock and pihole depending on location I can barely think of the last ads I saw.

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        It’s using apps on a non local connection that gets me.

        You can still catch most of them using a blocking DNS service like dns.adguard.com but still some get through.

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          How safe is adguard? DNS needs to be trusted.

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      Ublock isn’t going to block these ads. These ads are those little emails with the ad tag in your Social and Promotions tab, not banner ads or popups.

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          Interesting. I didn’t think there would be a difference.

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