How many ads I block since I stopped using Reddit

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I actually paid for Reddit Premium about as long as I remember it being around. I cancelled the instant they announced the intent to paywall and censor the API.
I’m generally fine with paying for services I use and enjoy, if I consider the price reasonable. I spent a lot of time on Reddit and considered it reasonable for avoiding ads.
They’ll never see a cent from me again, not from ad revenue or otherwise. I blocked Reddit’s URLs on my PiHole just to be sure.
- I subscribed to Youtube Premium because of how much I actually use it in my day to day life.
  It's the only regular subscription I have, only because I use it across multiple platforms and away from home.
  But the price hike they just announced is unjustified, especially when they KEEP TAKING DOWN MY FAVORITE CREATORS VIDEOS. Poor Speedo and David Firth.
  *Edits for spelling, I'm pissed off and piss drunk
  
  I also got YouTube premium, felt a bit rude to spend tens of thousands of hours without paying a cent.
  My main issue is demonitising the videos also stops premium revenue, which is a bit dumb. Like sure I get removing ad revenues, but if I'm a paying customer and want a share of my cost to go to whoever I'm watching, it should just do that.
  
  Yeah I've had YouTube premium for a long time, and I don't mind paying for it, but the fact half the people I follow are getting copyright claimed (unfairly) or taken down is really a huge bummer. It's been hitting the true crime & film review communities particularly hard. I'm hoping more of my fave creators start using Odyssee or rumble because I don't really like supporting a platform who treats their creators like shit.
  
  What are the benefits to YouTube Premium? I just click off the ad, knee jerk reaction. AdBlock for YouTube make my experience pretty happy.
  I do like laying in bed with my gf and watching Omletto videos and the like. Not sure how Premium would help.
- Where can I find a list of all Reddit URLs? I’m hosts blocking them on my laptop (since I also use it outside my home network).
  
  if you block reddit.com and redd.it
  you'll be fiine

I love that Unlock Origin shows "0" instead of "146" blocked domains while scrolling Lemmy as opposed to Reddit
- Mine now has a "2" on lemmy.world due to blocking cloudflareinsights. The cost of DDOS protection I suppose.
  
  Small price to pay 🫡
- I remember when reddit also used to show 0, then it was one ad, people lost their shit, and reddit said don't worry, it's just one.
  Side note: I never cared about ads on reddit. I cared about the loss of down votes, their treatment of the RES folks, their shitty app, their shitty hosting, etc.
  But this raises the bigger issue, how do we pay for this? I'm on kbin, I have trust issues with money, but nobody is even asking for money low key Wikipedia style.

Makes sense. The websites Reddit loves to send traffic to are massive ad farms.

Dropping Reddit was the only change? This is insane.
- He gets us.
  But he doesn't get you anymore. Cheers.
- Yep my browsing habits have not changed at all other wise lol
  
  Wow. Just wow.

Hello. We have been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty... 😂🤣

Similar story for me as well. Using RiF, the built in tracker for my phone dropped immediately after June 30th.

I never saw all these ads before because I was using Apollo, but then having to use the vanilla reddit app with tons of ads.. Nope

@itsdavetho

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