How to make my iphone ads free

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There's a couple of apps that claim to remove some ads in Safari. I don't know if they work or not. I think it's some pop up and banner ads. That and using only paid apps is all I know, unless your jailbroken.


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I suggest: just use for Movies, Music, Books. Use iTunes and iBooks. Use your computer to search for the stuff and definitely stay away from entering your email into free wifi hotspots.
 

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Hmm. It's an area that's not explored yet. Since revenues are dependent on these ads, I doubt if someone will provide with a good alternate. But ads spoil user experience, not to say consume bandwidth as well. I have no choice but to wait.

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Hmm. It's an area that's not explored yet. Since revenues are dependent on these ads, I doubt if someone will provide with a good alternate. But ads spoil user experience, not to say consume bandwidth as well. I have no choice but to wait.

Do jail broken devices have a choice??
Yes. It's a tweak you download from Cydia that blocks ads. I don't recall the name. I'm not jailbroken. Going forward, we'll be seeing more and bigger ads everywhere. More full page ads, videos, pop ups and banners. I already have a few apps that open with a full page ad. Those are free apps. But ads are starting to appear in paid apps as well.


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Didn't know it was paid, when I got it it was free and I don't complain, it blocked ads I didn't know it could. Anyway, I was providing an answer to the OP question and I have tried it myself and works very well and didn't have to JB my device, but you'll never know until you try it, you can always ask for a refund.
 

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Didn't know it was paid, when I got it it was free and I don't complain, it blocked ads I didn't know it could. Anyway, I was providing an answer to the OP question and I have tried it myself and works very well and didn't have to JB my device, but you'll never know until you try it, you can always ask for a refund.
Might do just that, especially since ads will get worse with iOS 8. Thanks!


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There's a couple of apps that claim to remove some ads in Safari. I don't know if they work or not. I think it's some pop up and banner ads. That and using only paid apps is all I know, unless your jailbroken.


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I guess OP could use something like ONAVO which adds a profile to your phone to remove ads. Wouldn't be completely in agreement with this though, because how else are the companies going to get $? I mean, yeah, Facebook doesn't *need* the $ anymore, but they wouldn't have gotten as evil as they are today without the money from ads*.

I wouldn't really suggest something like ONAVO though, as you're technically routing all your data through them. ONAVO has been around long enough, but I don't think they do ad blocking, so you'd need someone like them, who hasn't been around as long.

If it's a WiFi only device, you could get a DDWRT/Tomato router, and block ads from the router, but that wouldn't help you outside of your WiFi.

*Not putting ads in the feed, but selling everything about you to Ad companies.
 

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Might do just that, especially since ads will get worse with iOS 8. Thanks!


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You could set this up yourself, albeit more difficultly. They basically say all they do is basically make the iOS equivalent of a Hosts file, and route all ads to an IP that rejects them (a Google server that rejects HTTP/HTTPS traffic, meaning that they reject ads). Google could patch this though, and you are also, *technically* DDOSing them in a way, although likely not hurting them, like shooting a BBGun at a fully armored tank.*

*queue the people saying "A BBGun could royally mess up a tank!"

Edit: They did it in an ingenious way, given their constraints**, don't get me wrong, but it doesn't seem super difficult to replicate.

**has to be a real server, but they don't want to route through them, needs to reject HTTP/HTTPS content for privacy, needs to be a server someone trusts for security, pretty smart to use a google server on a port that would reject it
 
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