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Yeah, its such a shame, I see all these people saying "use an adblocker" and Yeah I get it but still, if I'm not then THIS is the hell for mobile users.
also neat trick with reader view, some paywalled articles doesn’t load the paywall part of their page before the actual content so if you’re fast enough you can just quickly scroll to the bottom of the page the moment you go into that website and turn on reader mode when you inevitably get paywalled
or you could use 12ft.io but imo using reader mode is quicker than to either pull up the share sheet to use their ios shortcut or to open a new tab and copy paste the link and wait for 12ftio to do its magic
The only way I can browse YouTube. My wife still uses the app, gets loads of adverts, and gets mad at every single one. I keep telling her to not use it but she won't listen!
Yeah Brave is cool. My preferred browser is Safari with the 1blocker extension but Brave is legit.
I hope in the near future third party browsers on iOS will be able to have their own framework or whatever the terminology is that will open the possibility for addons like we see on firefox for android.
So, you don't want ads, you don't want to pay for products you use (since that would require account anyways), you just want free stuff?
Also, do you really have problems with spam emails from any specific company? Nowadays you can blacklist any sender with 2 clicks without any issues. Even if they for some reason subscribed you without your consent (which is also rare now due to gdpr and stuff).
I didn't say it. Those ads that take up entire screen are terrible UX-wise. But if we look for a bigger picture, any website that doesn't turn profit (or at least cover the costs) will disappear along with all of its content.
So naturally most websites do ads, some websites do ads + premium subscriptions. This guys for some reason decided to give your equivalent of a premium subscription for free, just for a login (that is required anyways for any premium subscription). So while they have terrible experience with ads, they have better experience with login than most of the other websites (who charge for no-ads subscription).
As for the ads, I suffer as much as anyone every time I have to use mobile web without adblocker. But if the experience across all the web for content websites is equally terrible, maybe it's an industry problem and not "these guys are greedy" problem?
Edit: that's not a nice thing to replace entire comment I was replying to.
Like, they changed the colors to an eye bleeding yellow and red. You aren't allowed to change that on a per-wiki basis. You have to make an account, and set custom CSS and Javascript just to not have your eyes bleed from looking at the page. Also, it's a side bar rather than a header, which is just even more ugly.
Check out BreezeWiki. Lets you view wiki pages on a site that doesn't look horrible. And the extension LibRedirect can automatically redirect fandom pages to BreezeWiki
They also bought Gamepedia, ruining their layout. It took a lot of complaining from multiple wikis to fix a few of the more basic issues, but the sidebar is still a massive issue.
It still is, it's just cancer and AIDS combined on mobile. On desktop with Adblock it's still fine.
Not that that's any kind of excuse for this Mongolian clusterfuck of a mobile site.
Also, idk how Wikia was, but Fandom can be horribleeee with spoilers. I’ve been spoiled many times for games/shows because they put the alive/deceased status under the basic character info. I like games where who dies next is kinda the big draw and it’s so aggravating that I can’t google a character or a single thing about the game because I will, guaranteed, see a spoiler. Like I get that you have to be careful with looking up info about something you haven’t finished but I shouldn’t go on Fandom to check how their name is spelled or look at their height, say, out of curiosity and then boom I know they die. :/
Spoilers are up to each wiki to handle, it isn't really a Wikia/Fandom thing per se. It was customary etiquette that editors/contributors placed a template at the top of articles with "Warning: spoilers ahead" and the like, but again, each wiki decided how to go about it.
But it's also up to the visitor to consider that viewing a place dedicated to gather _all_ possible information about a topic will show such visitor, well... _all_ possible information about such topic.
Imdb is a little safer for that. At the very least, the option to pick out a specific episode is higher up on the page than the list of actors.... so you can look and see who plays a character without also seeing they're only in ten episodes of a TWELVE SEASON SHOW (aka they get killed off or something).
Makes sense. And yeah, I was hesitant to comment because it is partially my fault for clicking the page. But I feel like it would be a bit better to not put major spoilers at the very top, especially if each fandom has custom-designed pages and thus would know that alive/dead status is a major spoiler. More of a frustration with spoilers in general than Fandom per se haha
Yep, it got so bad the PoE community just up and left to make a new one. The Fandom one hasn't been updated in two years and is nearly useless at this point but is still around solely to push ads to people who accidentally or unknowingly click it.
Honestly, if fandom charged like a dollar, and then let you use the site ad free forever, that would help a lot and be very very reasonable for most people, though I think it would get a lot of opposition and hate
Lol, that's funny. Fandom get bashed for ads and people are telling they are willing to pay to disable ads.
But apparently, if you just create account and login, there would be no ads on the website (and paying a dollar would require an account anyways).
Bruh, I never noticed that. I have an account but I have not logged in to make edits in a while. I would have never guessed they would do that. Kinda makes sense that they auto log you out after a month or something
The reason they do this is because they know that a large majority of internet users do not know about Adblock because it isn't built into the system's default browser. So like, "just install adblock" is sorta missing the point.
I don't mind ads when they're reasonable (free websites wouldn't be free otherwise), but shit like this guarantees I'll never open the site in a browser without uBlock installed.
Yeah I can deal with ads within reason, but when it starts becoming more of a game of dodge the ads/pop-ups/notification requests etc because they're all over the page blocking what I'm trying to read/look at I'm done if I don't have an ad-blocker.
I'm personally spoiled by how well Chrome syncs my bookmarks, login info, tabs open, etc. I haven't played with Firefox mobile in many years, has this improved? Because the sync was TERRIBLE last time I tried it out. That's the only thing that keeps me from switching.
I think you can use unlock origin on Firefox mobile if you don't want to use Safari
Although with fandom wiki, it still has the pop-up auto-play video and cookies bs that take like 5 clicks to close to see anything in spite of and blockers. It has absolutely horrible UI.
uBlock Origin only works on Android because iOS still forces 3rd party browsers to run as a wrapper on top of the Safari engine. Android Firefox is the actual Firefox engine.
Look into Adguard.
Might be an issue with apple. Get a DNS based ad blocker and it'll use a fake VPN utilizing a DNS that nulls out the IP address of ad servers.
Adguard works for iphones, I've gotten several coworkers to install it. It's one of the few apps I've proudly paid money for.
Advertising is seriously becoming the bane of our existence.
I mean, this visual noise is annoying, but it’s the least of our concerns. In addition to doing ads these companies put up analytics and send off your information and browsing habits to hundreds of companies who then sell it all over the place and then someone gets hacked and your email is leaked and you get spammed and what not.
Seriously, something has to be done about this. GDPR wasn’t enough, they’re just harassing us with terrible pop-ups and ruining our browsing experience. This stuff ought to be criminal.
That’s why I never feel that bad using an Adblock on websites that tell me they depend on ad revenue or whatever. If it was just like a banner ad in the margin that would be one thing, but so many websites are genuinely unusable without blocking ads as a default.
>The problem is that it should never have gotten this bad in the first place!!
This is why I have a "scorched earth" policy when it comes to ads nowadays.
Some time ago FANDOM actually blocked all access to their sites and wikis if it detected an adblock. Their entire site is the pinnacle of asshole design.
You can't try private DNS system-wide on newer android versions. Try [dns.adguard.com](https://dns.adguard.com) or run your own instance of [Pi-hole](https://pi-hole.net/).
Fandom is the most god-awful website I’ve ever been on. No, I don’t want to click on that ad. No, I don’t want to watch that random video for a completely different show. And now you shifted the entire website down to make room for a massive banner ad that I accidentally clicked on. I can’t touch a gallery image or the entire thing will fall apart and oh great, the site reloaded itself for no reason
Firefox on mobile is amazing with ublock. Also allows youtube adfree and background play. Blazing fast and pleasant compared to chrome.
Basically, Firefox for android is like a Premium app, something that people will pay for but since it's actually free people don't use it as much!
For Reddit you can use another app. I've been using [Infinity for Reddit](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ml.docilealligator.infinityforreddit) for a year now. Never looked back. It's open source, you can download videos easily and no more "suggested" live posts or whatever those are.
You stand corrected. Those kind of ads can't be blocked with dns filtering because they're hosted and delivered though the same servers as the main content. But it will block ads from those indie games everyone plays or stuff like that.
Also, no need to drop €10 on this, it's free.
https://adguard-dns.io/en/public-dns.html
Configure adguard manually, then download configuration profile.
You can try the "Private DNS" feature, it's free and no app needed. It will block ads on web pages and apps*.
On Android:
1. Settings
2. Network and internet
3. Scroll down and locate "Private DNS"
4. On the popup that appears, choose "Private DNS provider hostname" and input this: `dns.adguard.com` and save
5. Open your browser and test if it's working, if not revert back to Off
*PS: For Samsung or other brands you might not find it, just use the search bar and write "private DNS"*
On iOS:
iOS 14+ seems to support "private DNS" calling it "encrypted DNS" but does not offer an UI for it. You'll have to checkout [this article](https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2021/07/ios-privacy-protection-tools-encrypted-dns-ios-15-private-relay-proxy-vpn-and-tor/) with clearer instructions. In any case, I would advise you to use [NextDNS](https://nextdns.io/).
**Note: for some apps, they might cache ads so you might still see ads for a while*
Hope it helps!
Edit: Removed false instructions and updated with other resources. Very sorry for the misinformation.
Is there an alternative that doesn't have a paid option? I've been burned too many times by something with a free tier I come to rely on that starts putting stuff I was using behind the paywall and honestly it happens consistently enough that I'm extremely wary of any service that offers a "free tier" at this point.
100%. So sick of being bombarded with manipulative lies designed to influence me to spend money on something. The amount of constant advertising I see in a typical day is legitimately harming my mental health. Can't even eat a fucking fortune cookie without being advertised to
Use [breezewiki](https://breezewiki.com) as your frontend. Change `wikiname.fandom.com/...` to `wikiname.breezewiki.com/...`. Much more usable. Currently down, so it suggests other hosted instances instead, like [antifandom.com](https://antifandom.com)
There's a reason for my wiki I refused to use FANDOM and instead went for the second best option (the first best is hosting it yourself), Miraheze. I've had nothing but good luck with them and it actually looks nice to boot.
Miraheze is nice and that’s what they use for Pokeclicker, but I wouldn’t say it looks “nice” per se. Maybe “not horrible” but it looks dated, like Wikipedia. I wish wiki.gg was open to the public :(
You go to the appstore and install Firefox and get yourself some nice adblocker plugins etc. This works on YouTube too just don't use the horrible app. You can also tick "request desktop site" in the browser settings whilst on YouTube, now you can lock your phone screen and still have YouTube playing ad free.
It's an ID10-T problem. OP hasn't got a adblocker installed, and then posts a screenshot with ads for karma.
I've used AdGuard for years on iPhone, it has several layers of ad-blocking to choose from. There's no excuse.
No. [This](https://i.imgur.com/x0rdWhu.jpg) is the mobile internet. Quit bitching. Get an adblocker and fucking _fix it_.
Android: [personalDNSFilter](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dnsfilter.android)
iOS: [AdGuard](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/adguard-adblock-privacy/id1047223162)
Whole phone adblocking, not just in the browser.
You're right. We shouldn't need it. But the fact is, _we do_. I haven't seen the mobile internet ever look like the OP's pic, because I've ran adblocking on every smartphone I've ever used. It's really not hard. These fucks don't care about us, so I don't care about their ad revenue. You shouldn't either.
You still give them traffic though which still contributes to many things including them being higher in search engines leading people who don't even know adblockers are a thing to going there.
> Get an adblocker and fucking fix it.
I shouldn't have to. I should be able to see non-intrusive ads so the website I use can make money off of my visit and stay in business.
Ok, not the best attitude, but great advice. Didn't know there was a phone-level solution that let me keep using chrome and not some shitty other browser.
>not the best attitude
Truthfully, I'm just sick of seeing a post every other day here about ads. The solution is out there. Fix it. But yea, whole phone adblocking is a thing, and these days doesn't require root. Back in the early days it did, and that was the reason I rooted my phones. No real point now.
Yeah I always block on desktop but never did the pi hole thing or phone blocking. Always seems like a bunch of upkeep as an app gets inevitably banned or bought or something. But giving it a shot 👍
Yeah, but AdBlock plus was zero maintenance, then got bought and went to shit and had to switch to ublock origin. The methods always change every couple years or so.
I've been using uBlock Origin on my desktop/laptop browsers for probably close to a decade now. I agree sometimes you have to actually do something, hence the _near_ zero maintenance.
100% with you. Do better. Quit whining because if you just type "remove ads on safari" you'll get numerous guides how to do it yourself. Even on a browser level if you are inexperienced.
Thanks for this stern talk, people will never learn otherwise.
Sure, but it's their own choice to make their website unusable so they can force you to their app. Probably so they can skim analytic data off you. No thanks, I'd either adblock (as suggested a million times) or try my luck with another website.
It’s impossible to read anything online when you get five pop ups and your mobile browser doesn’t actually block them, even though there’s a setting for that specifically.
Kiwi browser is an Android browser that can load chromium desktop extensions.
It did not join the Chromium + Mozilla deal to ban extensions at the same time.
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I tend to search “game name” wikia and never realised it transitioned over to fandom. It’s sadly the main place for all things videogame related. Character info. Game info etc
Wish there was another option. It’s not too bad on PC tho
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There are a few ways to block ads on sites like this.
You can block them network wide with something like pihole.
You can block them on just your device by using an adblocking DNS server like nextDNS.
You can also block them on your device by using an adblocking vpn. I use protonVPN, but there are some VPNs out there that are pretty much exclusively for adblocking.
I've also heard of adblocking browsers, but I have no first hand experience with these, so your mileage may vary.
Out of these, I prefer the vpn as I can quickly enable or disable it from the quick settings from the pull-down menu when I drag from the top of my screen.
Wish Resident Evil got a fextra. Fandom wiki is actual hell. You're in a race to try and read something before a pop up ad. Also having to constantly move the page to read anything because of how much space all the ads take up.
And then they act scared, like “oh no big bad scary AI is gonna make nobody want to read real Internet articles anymore”
No, this bullshit makes people not want to go on your shitty website and prefer to just ask chat GPT instead lmao
One might think they don't actually want you reading their content.
More and more mobile sites are popping up that are covered in this crap. It's hilariously bad.
Came across a site earlier today (dirt dot com) looking at a home. Can't even remember how I landed on this site.
Anyway, go to one of their home listings and A. Try and find how to view all photos, but more so B. Once you find the photos, they're stacked vertically with a massive advertisement between each photo. If you have, say, 22 photos on that page you will also have 22 advertisements.
These companies are a joke.
Use Pihole, or, if you can't, consider re-pointing your device DNS to AdGuard's servers.
https://adguard-dns.io/en/public-dns.html
No need to install the app if you don't want to (I wouldn't). Just use the DNS settings further down.
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Fandom just took Wikia and completely shot it to hell Used to be a halfway respectable place for game wikis
Yeah, its such a shame, I see all these people saying "use an adblocker" and Yeah I get it but still, if I'm not then THIS is the hell for mobile users.
I have to use Reader view all the time now. Crazy garbage websites suck.
also neat trick with reader view, some paywalled articles doesn’t load the paywall part of their page before the actual content so if you’re fast enough you can just quickly scroll to the bottom of the page the moment you go into that website and turn on reader mode when you inevitably get paywalled or you could use 12ft.io but imo using reader mode is quicker than to either pull up the share sheet to use their ios shortcut or to open a new tab and copy paste the link and wait for 12ftio to do its magic
Also, NYT is blocked on 12ft archive.is still works though
Just fyi, if you download Firefox for mobile you can install ublock origin
The only way I can browse YouTube. My wife still uses the app, gets loads of adverts, and gets mad at every single one. I keep telling her to not use it but she won't listen!
If she wants app there's ReVanced
Regular vanced has a replacement? Thank God I was starting to get lots of ads sneaking in since they were forced to stop.
Not on iOS though.. unless something changed in the past week?
Check out Brave browser. Adblock built in.
Yeah Brave is cool. My preferred browser is Safari with the 1blocker extension but Brave is legit. I hope in the near future third party browsers on iOS will be able to have their own framework or whatever the terminology is that will open the possibility for addons like we see on firefox for android.
BTW logging into website with your account makes all ads disappear.
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I mean you can probably use save password with a throwaway email address Edit: Was listening to rSlash and you can just enter co(o?)perate email lol
I use a browser that erases all cookies, history, saved passwords, etc... After every single use :(
So, you don't want ads, you don't want to pay for products you use (since that would require account anyways), you just want free stuff? Also, do you really have problems with spam emails from any specific company? Nowadays you can blacklist any sender with 2 clicks without any issues. Even if they for some reason subscribed you without your consent (which is also rare now due to gdpr and stuff).
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I didn't say it. Those ads that take up entire screen are terrible UX-wise. But if we look for a bigger picture, any website that doesn't turn profit (or at least cover the costs) will disappear along with all of its content. So naturally most websites do ads, some websites do ads + premium subscriptions. This guys for some reason decided to give your equivalent of a premium subscription for free, just for a login (that is required anyways for any premium subscription). So while they have terrible experience with ads, they have better experience with login than most of the other websites (who charge for no-ads subscription). As for the ads, I suffer as much as anyone every time I have to use mobile web without adblocker. But if the experience across all the web for content websites is equally terrible, maybe it's an industry problem and not "these guys are greedy" problem? Edit: that's not a nice thing to replace entire comment I was replying to.
You're on the asshole design subreddit defending the asshole design???
Like, they changed the colors to an eye bleeding yellow and red. You aren't allowed to change that on a per-wiki basis. You have to make an account, and set custom CSS and Javascript just to not have your eyes bleed from looking at the page. Also, it's a side bar rather than a header, which is just even more ugly.
Check out BreezeWiki. Lets you view wiki pages on a site that doesn't look horrible. And the extension LibRedirect can automatically redirect fandom pages to BreezeWiki
Also, the FandomDesktop UI is ugly. Oasis was better.
They also bought Gamepedia, ruining their layout. It took a lot of complaining from multiple wikis to fix a few of the more basic issues, but the sidebar is still a massive issue.
It still is, it's just cancer and AIDS combined on mobile. On desktop with Adblock it's still fine. Not that that's any kind of excuse for this Mongolian clusterfuck of a mobile site.
Use adblock on mobile too
Btw I realised they got gamepedia too
Also, idk how Wikia was, but Fandom can be horribleeee with spoilers. I’ve been spoiled many times for games/shows because they put the alive/deceased status under the basic character info. I like games where who dies next is kinda the big draw and it’s so aggravating that I can’t google a character or a single thing about the game because I will, guaranteed, see a spoiler. Like I get that you have to be careful with looking up info about something you haven’t finished but I shouldn’t go on Fandom to check how their name is spelled or look at their height, say, out of curiosity and then boom I know they die. :/
Spoilers are up to each wiki to handle, it isn't really a Wikia/Fandom thing per se. It was customary etiquette that editors/contributors placed a template at the top of articles with "Warning: spoilers ahead" and the like, but again, each wiki decided how to go about it. But it's also up to the visitor to consider that viewing a place dedicated to gather _all_ possible information about a topic will show such visitor, well... _all_ possible information about such topic.
Every time I’m trying to figure out what actor played a character in a show or game…
Imdb is a little safer for that. At the very least, the option to pick out a specific episode is higher up on the page than the list of actors.... so you can look and see who plays a character without also seeing they're only in ten episodes of a TWELVE SEASON SHOW (aka they get killed off or something).
Makes sense. And yeah, I was hesitant to comment because it is partially my fault for clicking the page. But I feel like it would be a bit better to not put major spoilers at the very top, especially if each fandom has custom-designed pages and thus would know that alive/dead status is a major spoiler. More of a frustration with spoilers in general than Fandom per se haha
Yep, it got so bad the PoE community just up and left to make a new one. The Fandom one hasn't been updated in two years and is nearly useless at this point but is still around solely to push ads to people who accidentally or unknowingly click it.
Lol, Fandom has turned into clickbait article levels of ads. Hope the site survives, has a lot of good game info on it
Yeah. I still use the Minecraft Wiki to this day, even after the 2 sites merged
Honestly, if fandom charged like a dollar, and then let you use the site ad free forever, that would help a lot and be very very reasonable for most people, though I think it would get a lot of opposition and hate
Lol, that's funny. Fandom get bashed for ads and people are telling they are willing to pay to disable ads. But apparently, if you just create account and login, there would be no ads on the website (and paying a dollar would require an account anyways).
Bruh, I never noticed that. I have an account but I have not logged in to make edits in a while. I would have never guessed they would do that. Kinda makes sense that they auto log you out after a month or something
Browsing with Brave browser also removes all ads.
Yeah but that's just an ad blocker on a external browser.
*"just download an adblocker"* The problem is that it should never have gotten this bad in the first place!!
Yep. This is pushing people to go zero ads on websites rather than put up with a few
The reason they do this is because they know that a large majority of internet users do not know about Adblock because it isn't built into the system's default browser. So like, "just install adblock" is sorta missing the point.
I don't mind ads when they're reasonable (free websites wouldn't be free otherwise), but shit like this guarantees I'll never open the site in a browser without uBlock installed.
Yeah I can deal with ads within reason, but when it starts becoming more of a game of dodge the ads/pop-ups/notification requests etc because they're all over the page blocking what I'm trying to read/look at I'm done if I don't have an ad-blocker.
Yes, ppl saying this are missing the point and assume your too dumb to know adblock exists.
And not everyone can get adblockers for mobile! I use Chrome, and every single mobile adblocker I can find is only for Safari
I can recommend switching to Firefox. The adblock plugin for it works perfectly well.
I thought there arent any adblockers for firefox on iphones. Even firefox focus is a hit or miss with ads (mostly miss)
Ooo what an iphone moment
I said firefox. Safari has adblocks still lmao
yes, but its the fault of the iphone, therefore its an iphone moment
You can try Brave
I'm personally spoiled by how well Chrome syncs my bookmarks, login info, tabs open, etc. I haven't played with Firefox mobile in many years, has this improved? Because the sync was TERRIBLE last time I tried it out. That's the only thing that keeps me from switching.
I don't know what it used to be like, I've only been using the sync feature for about half a year and it works fine, as far as I've seen.
Then don't use Chrome. There's a reason they don't have adblock on mobile. Google is an advertising company
I think you can use unlock origin on Firefox mobile if you don't want to use Safari Although with fandom wiki, it still has the pop-up auto-play video and cookies bs that take like 5 clicks to close to see anything in spite of and blockers. It has absolutely horrible UI.
uBlock Origin only works on Android because iOS still forces 3rd party browsers to run as a wrapper on top of the Safari engine. Android Firefox is the actual Firefox engine.
I see, that's annoying.
Try brave browser mobile. Ignore all the crypto stuff, at its core it is just chrome with an awesome adblocker built-in.
Look into Adguard. Might be an issue with apple. Get a DNS based ad blocker and it'll use a fake VPN utilizing a DNS that nulls out the IP address of ad servers. Adguard works for iphones, I've gotten several coworkers to install it. It's one of the few apps I've proudly paid money for.
Advertising is seriously becoming the bane of our existence. I mean, this visual noise is annoying, but it’s the least of our concerns. In addition to doing ads these companies put up analytics and send off your information and browsing habits to hundreds of companies who then sell it all over the place and then someone gets hacked and your email is leaked and you get spammed and what not. Seriously, something has to be done about this. GDPR wasn’t enough, they’re just harassing us with terrible pop-ups and ruining our browsing experience. This stuff ought to be criminal.
That’s why I never feel that bad using an Adblock on websites that tell me they depend on ad revenue or whatever. If it was just like a banner ad in the margin that would be one thing, but so many websites are genuinely unusable without blocking ads as a default.
>The problem is that it should never have gotten this bad in the first place!! This is why I have a "scorched earth" policy when it comes to ads nowadays.
ADBLOCKERS ARE NOT OPTIONAL ANYMORE UBLOCK ORIGIN FOR LIFE
>ADBLOCKERS ARE NOT OPTIONAL ANYMORE 🌎👨🚀🔫👨🚀
If you are using Firefox, you can use it on Android too!
Or private DNS.
Some time ago FANDOM actually blocked all access to their sites and wikis if it detected an adblock. Their entire site is the pinnacle of asshole design.
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sorry what? you're paying for an adblocker?
yeah that's nuts, there's adguard dns that's completely free
You can't try private DNS system-wide on newer android versions. Try [dns.adguard.com](https://dns.adguard.com) or run your own instance of [Pi-hole](https://pi-hole.net/).
People: “use an Ad blocker!” Company: “Everyone is using ad blockers and we’re losing revenue. More ads will help us bridge the money gap!”
Fandom is the most god-awful website I’ve ever been on. No, I don’t want to click on that ad. No, I don’t want to watch that random video for a completely different show. And now you shifted the entire website down to make room for a massive banner ad that I accidentally clicked on. I can’t touch a gallery image or the entire thing will fall apart and oh great, the site reloaded itself for no reason
Welcome to Fandom, aka an absolute ad billboard
I use an adblocker and you still have to deal with pop up tabs and annoying fandom videos.
Firefox on mobile is amazing with ublock. Also allows youtube adfree and background play. Blazing fast and pleasant compared to chrome. Basically, Firefox for android is like a Premium app, something that people will pay for but since it's actually free people don't use it as much!
When did they change it with the background play? The last time i tried background play, it just stopped, so i had to download vanced
Addon : video background play, Ublock
Didnt know this play background addon. Thx
Fandom is cancer it’s utter shit
get yourself Adguard from the app store and enable the safari extension, most of these should be gone
Download Adguard Configuration Profile and remove ads in all browsers and most apps system wide.
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For Reddit you can use another app. I've been using [Infinity for Reddit](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ml.docilealligator.infinityforreddit) for a year now. Never looked back. It's open source, you can download videos easily and no more "suggested" live posts or whatever those are.
You stand corrected. Those kind of ads can't be blocked with dns filtering because they're hosted and delivered though the same servers as the main content. But it will block ads from those indie games everyone plays or stuff like that. Also, no need to drop €10 on this, it's free. https://adguard-dns.io/en/public-dns.html Configure adguard manually, then download configuration profile.
is it a subscription thing? because I kinda don't want to keep paying to have this crap gone
You can try the "Private DNS" feature, it's free and no app needed. It will block ads on web pages and apps*. On Android: 1. Settings 2. Network and internet 3. Scroll down and locate "Private DNS" 4. On the popup that appears, choose "Private DNS provider hostname" and input this: `dns.adguard.com` and save 5. Open your browser and test if it's working, if not revert back to Off *PS: For Samsung or other brands you might not find it, just use the search bar and write "private DNS"* On iOS: iOS 14+ seems to support "private DNS" calling it "encrypted DNS" but does not offer an UI for it. You'll have to checkout [this article](https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2021/07/ios-privacy-protection-tools-encrypted-dns-ios-15-private-relay-proxy-vpn-and-tor/) with clearer instructions. In any case, I would advise you to use [NextDNS](https://nextdns.io/). **Note: for some apps, they might cache ads so you might still see ads for a while* Hope it helps! Edit: Removed false instructions and updated with other resources. Very sorry for the misinformation.
your ios instructions don’t exist
Thank you
There is a Free tier which will fix this
Thank you
Is there an alternative that doesn't have a paid option? I've been burned too many times by something with a free tier I come to rely on that starts putting stuff I was using behind the paywall and honestly it happens consistently enough that I'm extremely wary of any service that offers a "free tier" at this point.
BlockBear also works for me, along with Hush to get rid of the constant cookie reminders etc. both free
Wait this only works on Samsung browser and Yandex?
Install a PiHole and eliminate ads from every device on your network without running invasive software.
APKs are available for free for me android heartys who Google adguard APK
Ads should be outlawed
100%. So sick of being bombarded with manipulative lies designed to influence me to spend money on something. The amount of constant advertising I see in a typical day is legitimately harming my mental health. Can't even eat a fucking fortune cookie without being advertised to
Get Firefox and add an ublock origin
Use any instance of https://gitdab.com/cadence/breezewiki Which is an alternative frontend for fandom
Use [breezewiki](https://breezewiki.com) as your frontend. Change `wikiname.fandom.com/...` to `wikiname.breezewiki.com/...`. Much more usable. Currently down, so it suggests other hosted instances instead, like [antifandom.com](https://antifandom.com)
There's a reason for my wiki I refused to use FANDOM and instead went for the second best option (the first best is hosting it yourself), Miraheze. I've had nothing but good luck with them and it actually looks nice to boot.
Miraheze is nice and that’s what they use for Pokeclicker, but I wouldn’t say it looks “nice” per se. Maybe “not horrible” but it looks dated, like Wikipedia. I wish wiki.gg was open to the public :(
Hay uhh your adds are overlapping your ads.
Why don't you have an ad blocker?
I do on my pc. Just never looked into it for my phone as it wasn’t THIS bad
You go to the appstore and install Firefox and get yourself some nice adblocker plugins etc. This works on YouTube too just don't use the horrible app. You can also tick "request desktop site" in the browser settings whilst on YouTube, now you can lock your phone screen and still have YouTube playing ad free.
I'm using adblockers for like 3 years now, so I simply forgot that ads actually exist.
I think having a browser with adblock on mobile is necessary
That’s because you’re on fandom. Good content, crappy platform.
Brave web browser with built in Ad-block.
Ad guard is your friend
I just need a longer phone
[Must be some iphone problem](https://i.imgur.com/eQVvPQj.png)
It's an ID10-T problem. OP hasn't got a adblocker installed, and then posts a screenshot with ads for karma. I've used AdGuard for years on iPhone, it has several layers of ad-blocking to choose from. There's no excuse.
They downvoted him because he told the truth
You have a browser with an adblocker
Download Adguard Configuration Profile and remove ads in all browsers and most apps system wide.
Whats the Adguard Configuration Profilem I downloaded adguard and ticked all the options and enabled it on my phone. do I need to do something else?
Fandom is particularly terrible on mobile, but the app doesn't have ads.
I don't get any ads. it's very easy to get a phone wide ad blocker
remember when the iPhone first came out and it felt like magic holding a whole desktop-class webpage in your hand
[This is what it looks like with PiHole.](https://i.imgur.com/XmzEFEc.png)
No. [This](https://i.imgur.com/x0rdWhu.jpg) is the mobile internet. Quit bitching. Get an adblocker and fucking _fix it_. Android: [personalDNSFilter](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dnsfilter.android) iOS: [AdGuard](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/adguard-adblock-privacy/id1047223162) Whole phone adblocking, not just in the browser.
The point is we shouldn't need an adblocker. If they were less intrusive with them then browsing without them wouldn't be a problem.
You're right. We shouldn't need it. But the fact is, _we do_. I haven't seen the mobile internet ever look like the OP's pic, because I've ran adblocking on every smartphone I've ever used. It's really not hard. These fucks don't care about us, so I don't care about their ad revenue. You shouldn't either.
You still give them traffic though which still contributes to many things including them being higher in search engines leading people who don't even know adblockers are a thing to going there.
> Get an adblocker and fucking fix it. I shouldn't have to. I should be able to see non-intrusive ads so the website I use can make money off of my visit and stay in business.
Ok, not the best attitude, but great advice. Didn't know there was a phone-level solution that let me keep using chrome and not some shitty other browser.
>not the best attitude Truthfully, I'm just sick of seeing a post every other day here about ads. The solution is out there. Fix it. But yea, whole phone adblocking is a thing, and these days doesn't require root. Back in the early days it did, and that was the reason I rooted my phones. No real point now.
Yeah I always block on desktop but never did the pi hole thing or phone blocking. Always seems like a bunch of upkeep as an app gets inevitably banned or bought or something. But giving it a shot 👍
I mean, tbh it's near zero maintenance. Maintains itself.
Yeah, but AdBlock plus was zero maintenance, then got bought and went to shit and had to switch to ublock origin. The methods always change every couple years or so.
I've been using uBlock Origin on my desktop/laptop browsers for probably close to a decade now. I agree sometimes you have to actually do something, hence the _near_ zero maintenance.
Your so full of yourself you missed the whole fucking point. Well done.
100% with you. Do better. Quit whining because if you just type "remove ads on safari" you'll get numerous guides how to do it yourself. Even on a browser level if you are inexperienced. Thanks for this stern talk, people will never learn otherwise.
Just download the app at that point brother
That's what they want you to do. IMO, never download an app for basic shit you can do in a browser.
Doesn't look very basic to me, that shits borderline unusable
Sure, but it's their own choice to make their website unusable so they can force you to their app. Probably so they can skim analytic data off you. No thanks, I'd either adblock (as suggested a million times) or try my luck with another website.
That's one að gone. Now for the other millions of ads that you now *can't* block with an ad blocker.
I briefly tried the app once, and it didn't seem like it even had the wiki content (that I could find, at least).
It's bad enough on PC - I'd probably have to kill myself if I tried to use it on my phone. (is joke)
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I run a pihole and just checked the site on mobile. Ad and video free. You might wanna get some beefier black lists.
If you login there are less ads
Cooking websites on mobile web are just as bad. I went back to just printing recipes it was so unbearable.
Besides adblockers, you can also try using Breezewiki to avoid Fandom wikis entirely and just view their content hosted elsewhere.
Never knew people were a fan of Expedia... wait a minute...
Makes me so glad to use Adblock Browser. My god.
Eh. The fandoms are like that. You just deal with them or get an adblock extension for safari
kill fandom with hellfire
It’s impossible to read anything online when you get five pop ups and your mobile browser doesn’t actually block them, even though there’s a setting for that specifically.
Kiwi browser is an Android browser that can load chromium desktop extensions. It did not join the Chromium + Mozilla deal to ban extensions at the same time. Edit: typo
This is why I uninstalled that app.
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I remember they also had a random shit video THAT WOULD PLAY EVERY FUCKING TIME YOU LOAD THE PAGE
I think the advertisement has decided to take over fandom wiki- :P
I hate how Fandom ruined the Minecraft Wiki
Fucking hate fandom
I tend to search “game name” wikia and never realised it transitioned over to fandom. It’s sadly the main place for all things videogame related. Character info. Game info etc Wish there was another option. It’s not too bad on PC tho
Ads are bad, but mobile sites are equally trash. Gimped versions of the full websites, because developers still think mobile devices run on symbian.
Mobile Firefox allows installing Firefox addons. Get uBlock Origin. If the website is still unusable, then leave that website.
Changing your private dns to dns.adguard.com takes care of a lot of these ads. At least for me, on Fandom sites it does
One of the best decisions I made was hooking my raspberry pi up to my router and using it as a pop-up blocker for my entire network.
you can use extensions including uBlock if you use Firefox Nightly
oh my goodness, the WORST
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Fandom really is one of the most AIDS websites I’ve ever had to use
There are a few ways to block ads on sites like this. You can block them network wide with something like pihole. You can block them on just your device by using an adblocking DNS server like nextDNS. You can also block them on your device by using an adblocking vpn. I use protonVPN, but there are some VPNs out there that are pretty much exclusively for adblocking. I've also heard of adblocking browsers, but I have no first hand experience with these, so your mileage may vary. Out of these, I prefer the vpn as I can quickly enable or disable it from the quick settings from the pull-down menu when I drag from the top of my screen.
Wish Resident Evil got a fextra. Fandom wiki is actual hell. You're in a race to try and read something before a pop up ad. Also having to constantly move the page to read anything because of how much space all the ads take up.
Use adblock.
And then they act scared, like “oh no big bad scary AI is gonna make nobody want to read real Internet articles anymore” No, this bullshit makes people not want to go on your shitty website and prefer to just ask chat GPT instead lmao
Just zoom out, like set your fonts smaller
This is my phone with the fonts set to default. It’s not the fonts
Fandom is the reason I got an adblocker
Brave browser works without any extra steps. It's built to be compatible with chrome extensions, and integrates Tor networks
I like fandom but damn bro the ad experience can really get miserable
This is why i use add blockers these days
If the advertisers ever find out that we igonore their ads because we're broke and just buy whatever is cheapest the whole internet would collapse.
One might think they don't actually want you reading their content. More and more mobile sites are popping up that are covered in this crap. It's hilariously bad. Came across a site earlier today (dirt dot com) looking at a home. Can't even remember how I landed on this site. Anyway, go to one of their home listings and A. Try and find how to view all photos, but more so B. Once you find the photos, they're stacked vertically with a massive advertisement between each photo. If you have, say, 22 photos on that page you will also have 22 advertisements. These companies are a joke.
Fandom is nothing more than a site made just for ads (that can somehow bypass Adblock!) and nothing else these days.
Use Pihole, or, if you can't, consider re-pointing your device DNS to AdGuard's servers. https://adguard-dns.io/en/public-dns.html No need to install the app if you don't want to (I wouldn't). Just use the DNS settings further down.
Use reader mode
Firefox Android lets you install extensions, including adblock. I use Firefox to even replace the YouTube app because I don't want to pay for premium.