• shadshack@sh.itjust.works
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        Tracker Control on Android works well for system-wide tracker and ad blocking, and you can configure custom blocking rules per-app. Works without root by using a VPN profile (but no data leaves your device via the VPN, it just routes the traffic through this app).

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        Set your DNS servers to dns.adguard-dns.com (Settings > search for DNS). Also you should install the DDG app and enable App Tracking Protection. You don’t actually have to use the browser portion of the app for it to work. After doing these two things, ads and trackers will be blocked in every app.

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      7 months ago

      Instead of selling, you could also just throw it in the trash

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        So Verizon gave you a phone for no upfront cost, and they’re shitty for making you pay for it if you decide to dash away early?

        Fascinating threshold for shitty behavior you have.

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          I can’t believe people still do that. You aren’t saving money and you’re locked in 2 years. I guess if that’s that only kind of financing you can get.

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            I guess if that’s that only kind of financing you can get.

            That’s exactly what it is. Look up the statistics on how many people can’t afford an unexpected $500 bill. Most people simply don’t have the money to pay out of pocket for what smartphones actually cost, so they’re stuck with exploitation, or nothing.

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              As somebody who’s been purchasing my phones directly from the OEM at full price since 2016, I see this as being crazy. It’s made me realize for certain that I don’t need the absolute newest thing, and so I always go with mid-range devices. I feel like people who buy their devices outright don’t buy mini iPhones LOL. If they do, they hold on to them longer, treat them better, or buy them used. So some other fool takes the hit of depreciation.

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              If the phone costs $500, they simply increase your monthly bill by $500 / 24 months = $20 a month.

              It’s a bit more complicated than this, and they’ll likely have some interest built in as well, but functionally, it’s no different than being given a loan to buy the phone and then paying the loan off over the two years. That’s why carriers often require a credit check before doing this.

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        Oh no Verizon is making you do the fucking shit you signed up and agreed to do oh no the horror!

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            Oh my heart is fantastic, Suzanne, but thanks for your concern.

            I just don’t go online and complain about the terms of legal contracts that I signed while blaming the company for being the bad guys for setting forth the terms that you, again, agreed to.

            🤦

            Edit: And your downvotes mean nothing either rofl.