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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Spliffman1@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

I unsubscribed from their mailing list and in short order received 3 more emails lol

EDIT : And props to Adguard for admitting and explaining their mistake.... They just replied to my ticket and apologized.... It was a glitch in their system

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[-] glad_cat@lemmy.sdf.org 45 points 1 year ago

Why aren’t you using Mullvad or uBlock Origin?

[-] Spliffman1@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago

Ooooh boy, this happened yesterday... I'm not using Adguard, I was only still on their mailing list from some time idk when when I tried it, I use uBlock Origin. The post isn't really about or because I use Adguard, it's the irony

[-] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Why do they even have your email address? I never heard of an adblocker that requires registration.

[-] Spliffman1@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[-] Correct316@monero.town 1 points 1 year ago

uBlock Or

Nice, I was just going to suggest uBlock Origin. Side hack, I use simplelogin.io (or use annonaddy) so that every site get's a different email address. Easy to turn off emails, and makes you more hack resistant.

[-] jungekatz@lib.lgbt 0 points 1 year ago

I have actually used adguard for dns and few other things and i dont remember need to give them my mail id , nor do i get any mails from them

[-] Spliffman1@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Never said you did, or that it was required, but I did. and they've had my email for a while .... Been so long ago I'm not even remembering clearly why I had it, oh I think I tried the android version on my phone when I decided to stop rooting and I couldn't use Adaway

[-] Spliffman1@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

And really I had forgotten I was on their mailing list until their email server reminded me yesterday like that 😂

[-] dan@upvote.au 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

AdGuard have a free product called "AdGuard Home" that's like PiHole but more powerful. It lets you run a DNS server on your own network that blocks ads, and uses encrypted DNS queries (DNS-over-HTTPS and DNS-over-TLS) to prevent your ISP from snooping on the requests. Some ISPs build ad targeting profiles based on the sites you visit, and just using a third-party DNS server (like Google's 8.8.8.8 or Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1) doesn't solve this since it's still clear-text and the ISP can still collect the data.

This lets you block ads on devices that can't run adblockers, like TVs. It runs well on even the cheapest Raspberry Pi 4B, too.

[-] NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

AdGuard has a invert allow list that I like. I prefer it to be off on sites by default and enable it when I want to

[-] Deez@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Do you need to unblock a bunch of domains for every new site you visit?

[-] NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

What do u mean?

Whenever I hit a site that has intrusive ads I just hit 1 button and it starts adblocking on that domain

[-] Deez@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Oh that makes sense. I had a brain fail. Cheers!

[-] mikeboltonshair@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Ahh yes the only 2 approved ad blockers/vpns

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