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How to block ads on Android

How to block ads on Android

May 21, 2021
Nobody likes ads, including your very own, whose livelihood depends on an ad-supported internet experience. Yet, it’s hard to imagine a world without ads. Ads are the reason why we can access many of the most popular websites, services, and apps without paying a single penny. It’s not that ads are fundamentally bad — when...
[Update: Google’s Response] Cheetah Mobile is accused of committing Ad Fraud in several apps

[Update: Google’s Response] Cheetah Mobile is accused of committing Ad Fraud in several apps

December 4, 2018
With over 2.6 million applications to account for in the Play Store, Google is constantly at war with fraudulent and malicious apps plaguing their ecosystem. At the same time, Google tries to promote high-quality apps for users to enjoy, although sometimes the apps they select are of dubious quality. Cheetah Mobile is perhaps one of...
The Burger King Ad That Activated Google Home Just Won A Prestigious Award

The Burger King Ad That Activated Google Home Just Won A Prestigious Award

June 22, 2017
The growing popularity of voice activated speakers can be troublesome: one of the biggest fast food companies, Burger King, used the OK Google trigger in their commercial to activate Google Assistant and Google Home, prompting the service in thousands of households. The annoying ad has just won a prestigious Cannes Lions' Grand Prix award. Burget King first...
PSA: Using an Ad Blocker? A Bug in Google Play Music May Be Draining Your Battery.

PSA: Using an Ad Blocker? A Bug in Google Play Music May Be Draining Your Battery.

June 12, 2017
Many of us use an ad blocker on our Android devices, be it to reduce bandwidth usage, avoid tracking or simply get rid of visual distractions. The way ad-blockers work is simple: they block all requests to known domains that serve ads or allow analytics and tracking. What happens when a network request fails? Well, what...