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Do You Think That AD-Blocking is really a major step in Security?

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King ov Hell said:
Gradually the file is becoming smaller. So you're removing some addresses ? :mad: Am I the only who see some ads are back in apps ?
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You know the concept of FREE APP?

If an developer spents his time providing YOU an nice free app. Adds are the only way of revenues.

Maybe it would be better to just finish with this Free app concept, and starti putting an price tag on all apps.

Your not an developer, so you wont understand this...

You want all things for free, but you dont understand the hard work behind those nice free apps that you have on your device.

Bloquing anoying adds is one thing. But i can't agree on bloquing the free app adds.
My 2 cents.

This will only lead to less Free apps on the future.

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I am an iOS and Android developer creating both Free and Paid apps but i don't code Ads or Call back or Logging features.
Definitly Ads are revenue sources but toooo much intrusion kills the happy UI experience. Anyways.... it depends on how or what to use. Choice is always with the user.

In the end... you can choose to use free or paid app but whether you can/will buy or not is upto you.

If you are root'ed then you have chosen the path for freedom and the freeness of doing and getting anything.

MY IDEA: Clean UI so that i am happy with my Phone and Apps. No worry about privacy. My Internet bills are controlled. In the End... i know what my device is Sending and Receiving from internet.

Never complain in XDA but rather be supportive and appreciative that's what XDA users are and will be.
 
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superdragonpt said:
You know the concept of FREE APP?

If an developer spents his time providing YOU an nice free app. Adds are the only way of revenues.

Maybe it would be better to just finish with this Free app concept, and starti putting an price tag on all apps.

Your not an developer, so you wont understand this...

You want all things for free, but you dont understand the hard work behind those nice free apps that you have on your device.

Bloquing anoying adds is one thing. But i can't agree on bloquing the free app adds.
My 2 cents.

This will only lead to less Free apps on the future.

Regards
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If you feel your work should be rewarded, put a price on it; I have no problem paying for an app I use all the time. But if you put out a free app, don't complain about lost revenue from ads I'm not gonna click anyway.

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superdragonpt said:
You know the concept of FREE APP?

If an developer spents his time providing YOU an nice free app. Adds are the only way of revenues.

Maybe it would be better to just finish with this Free app concept, and starti putting an price tag on all apps.

Your not an developer, so you wont understand this...

You want all things for free, but you dont understand the hard work behind those nice free apps that you have on your device.

Bloquing anoying adds is one thing. But i can't agree on bloquing the free app adds.
My 2 cents.

This will only lead to less Free apps on the future.

Regards
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It's too funny to see that a developer aiming me for a silly post, there are too many things which ruins your job. You should complain about Lucky Patcher first. If you have serious problems talk with OP. Lastly;

You know the concept of AD BLOCKING ? Even if you know you don't know this: If a customer roots his/her device. He will be feel free to flash anything.
If a customer spends his time for downloading your FREE APP, he can remove things which ruins his usage.
 
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superdragonpt said:
You know the concept of FREE APP?

If an developer spents his time providing YOU an nice free app. Adds are the only way of revenues.

Maybe it would be better to just finish with this Free app concept, and starti putting an price tag on all apps.

Your not an developer, so you wont understand this...

You want all things for free, but you dont understand the hard work behind those nice free apps that you have on your device.

Bloquing anoying adds is one thing. But i can't agree on bloquing the free app adds.
My 2 cents.

This will only lead to less Free apps on the future.

Regards
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And so there should be.
There is NO such thing as FREE.

Android is a data marketing/mining platform.

You either pay with your faux fiat currency, or your personal information...

Rooted with this hosts file, secdroid & xprivacy gives the end user back some control on that platform.

What the OP does here is awesome. I won't complain about ups & downs in file size. I haven't let GooGle turn me into an autonomous Android yet. I can add removed lines all by myself, I'm a big boy...
 
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aospid said:
And so there should be.
There is NO such thing as FREE.

Android is a data marketing/mining platform.

You either pay with your faux fiat currency, or your personal information...

Rooted with this hosts file, secdroid & xprivacy gives the end user back some control on that platform.

What the OP does here is awesome. I won't complain about ups & downs in file size. I haven't let GooGle turn me into an autonomous Android yet. I can add removed lines all by myself, I'm a big boy...
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I agree with some points you just said...

But im talking about the free apps made by independent developers.
And in what way do you pay with your personal info? My statement was about free apps from independent devs.
My apps don't collect private info, you can always use xprivacy / any other app, if it makes you feel saffer.

I was talking about the bloquing of adds on free apps, since this is the only way of revenue for such devs.

So we are left with:
A: Either making the app free with adds.
B: ... or putting an price tag on it...
What do you think its best?

But becouse of this, some things are now changing ( why did Google removed all ad bloquers from the Play ? )
A lot of apps now, don't have an free version.
A lot of devs stopped working on making Android apps

Conclusion:
i understand the use of ad-bloquers, there are indeed some anoying adds all over the web.
But i cant agree bloquing adds from the free apps. This only stopps further development.

If everyone starts thinking like you do ( bloquing every single add there is) Android would never reached its current state.

I don't expect that you understand this... it wasn't you that spent days/weeks/months coding that nice free app that you like so much...

This is my opinion on this matter.

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i think XDA shouldnt exist and root/rooting should be considered CRIME in general (it is considered illegal as per OEM and voids the warranty) AND then comes... MODs... themes... xmls... files... scripts... etc... etc... hmmmm...

I think many users in XDA should be aware that XDA is a place for Assembling and Disassembling YOUR PHONE and through Community Help. You are always free to Pay Respect to the Dev by PayPal or PlayStore or Bank Transfer or through Personal Treat, Mocktail, Beer... and thus Appreciating his Work.

BUT not by sacrificing Your Privacy or Personal Info. There is a thin-line. :good:

As for my MOD: Please use it at your own will. You are always given a chance not to flash the file and then free to go anywhere. No one is forcing you to Flash or Not to Flash. Choice is Yours. :angel:

So lets not fill up my Thread with such never ending posts. :good:
 
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superdragonpt said:
So we are left with:
A: Either making the app free with adds.
B: ... or putting an price tag on it...
What do you think its best?
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Put a price on it, and add a timed trial period before purchase is required, like Poweramp, for example, as opposed to the current model of teasing pro features with purchase. Let people use the full app for a while, to see of they need/want/like the pro features. Except now, they're not pro features, it's just the app. It's like the full game demos on PlayStation Network. Get as far as you can in the game, in the time allotted to the demo; I think it's an hour. 15 minutes isn't long enough to play with an app to see if you like it or not, though I understand why Google has that policy. I'd like to see them lengthen it to 48 hours, but realistically, 1-2 hours.

But it really comes down to this: If an app's worth paying for, I'll pay for it no problem. If you feel your work should be rewarded/compensated, then charge for it.

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superdragonpt said:
And in what way do you pay with your personal info?
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You have no idea who and what GooGle is, do you?

superdragonpt said:
So we are left with:
A: Either making the app free with adds.
B: ... or putting an price tag on it...
What do you think its best?
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Put a price on it. I'd rather pay for a decent app than have a free one mining my data or sucking my bandwidth with ads that I won't entertain.

superdragonpt said:
But becouse of this, some things are now changing ( why did Google removed all ad bloquers from the Play ? )
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As I stated: Android is a data marketing/mining platform. Main source of revenue is advertising...


superdragonpt said:
I don't expect that you understand this... it wasn't you that spent days/weeks/months coding that nice free app that you like so much...
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I'm not a developer. I'm a security & communications systems engineer. Think GCHQ level. I know exactly who GooGle are, what Android is, and their purpose.

If getting paid is such an issue, work with closed source, don't code "free" apps or change your occupation.

What are you even doing in this thread?

If everybody thought more like me, the world would be a better place.

I'm done now. :D
 
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How can i allow specific sites for example i want allow ******* how can i do that. And if no way how can i uninstall this?
 
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FlanjeUK said:
Have you checked the host file has changed? It should be approx 12mb in size after flashing
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My host file folder's 11.8 mb and I'm having the same issue.... I've gotten rid of all other adblocker programs (adaway) after reverting to the original host files then flashing the zip in TWRP. (I'm on SC-02C galaxy 2 with OmniROM.)
 
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    Dear Users,
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    Always report me Whats is being Blocked and What to Block and i will Happy to do it for you in my spare time as time is very important for me to be more productive and earn my living and be with my family first. This is a FREE but PREMIUM WORK for You Guys. At Least be neutral if not Appreciate.

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    Obagleyfreer said:
    Thanks for this! If I already have a hosts file with lots of blocked addresses in my /etc and system/etc folders how can I add these?

    Thank you for your help

    Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda app-developers app
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    Hi Obagleyfreer,

    You can append the hosts file to your '/etc/hosts' either by some terminal program (BetterTerminal) or copy your '/etc/hosts' to your PC and manually append then re-copy over USB.

    I strongly recommend to use my version of 'hosts' file over yours due to the fact that it contains updated BLOCKING Data from more than 5 sources. It also contains Custom BLOCKING Data based on my analysis.

    Happy BLOCKING.
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    Update: 21 March 2014

    UPDATE: 21 MARCH 2014


    Changelog:

    - Updated to latest Sources.
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