• Boomkop3@reddthat.com
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    23 hours ago

    To my knowledge lemmy.world doesn’t have personalized algorithms. just some odd people, like everywhere

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      23 hours ago

      He’s using Boost, so it’s his own fault. It’s just your standard ad network crap.

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        20 hours ago

        I’m using boost, I’ve not got any ads?

        Looking trough the settings, there’s no way to turn ads off or on, and no payment for them. Just a voluntary donate button.

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        23 hours ago

        I don’t understand why people use apps instead of web interface…

        That the apps serve ads makes it even more confusing

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          Jerboa, Raccoon etc dont do ads(get them.from F sroid) . Boost does if you don’t buy it.

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            22 hours ago

            “Sucks” is generous. Maybe it’s passable on desktop?

            Also there are apps without ads.
            In fact I didn’t know there were apps with ads before this post.

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          17 hours ago

          Only Boost and Sync have added ads. There are much better FOSS Lemmy clients like Voyager, that are ad-free and have a much better interface than web.

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            17 hours ago

            I used Boost back in the Reddit days, but when I came over to Lemmy I found there were much better ad-free apps, like Voyager.

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            20 hours ago

            The ad free upgrade for boost is only a few dollars. I don’t remember if it’s done through the app or the play store, though.

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            22 hours ago

            If you’re interested in trying an app with no ads, I’m using Thunder and it’s great. Cross platform for Android and iOS.