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Can we not have these sorts of deceptive ads? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 month ago by dorkage@lemmy.ca to c/boostforlemmy@lemmy.world

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I keep seeing this ad when viewing posts

I know not to open it. But someone like my father would blindly listen to this and install whatever junk this is trying to install.

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[–] dorkage@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

[–] Toes@ani.social 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Unfortunately it's a cat and mouse game.

Deceptive ads are a violation of the ToS but they take time to be detected.

The paid version of the app is ad-free. Or you could switch to an app like voyager.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's a Google AdSense thing. The devs don't get to choose individual ads that get shown, and you know that Google sure as hell isn't checking for malvertisements.

You would have to either take it up with Google or pay for the premium version. I've paid for both the Reddit version in the past and currently the Lemmy version, and it's worth supporting the dev for the work they do.

[–] Angryhumanoid@fedinsfw.app 0 points 1 month ago

I gotta second the paid option to support the devs. I posted about a crashing issue yesterday and they've already updated the app to correct it. It's a small thing but that kind of effort on a passion project is easily worth a few dollars donation.