From: ithinkiam@gmail.com   
      
   Ed Cryer  wrote:   
   > sobriquet wrote:   
   >> Op 3-1-2026 om 17:04 schreef Ed Cryer:   
   >>> I love playing games on my iPad, but the ads are becoming more and   
   >>> more pervasive; some of them are like a maze to get out of, and they   
   >>> repeat themselves while you scrabble to end them.   
   >>> Switching off wifi used to help, but more and more refuse to function   
   >>> until you switch it on.   
   >>> You can, of course, usually pay for an ad-free version, but I'm a miser.   
   >>>   
   >>> Has anybody found a good ad-stopper for an iPad Pro?   
   >>>   
   >>> Ed   
   >>   
   >> On android I can use a vpn to get rid of most ads.   
   >> I don't mind banner ads, but if an app forces you to (partially) watch   
   >> an ad, that really pisses me off. Especially since they can randomly   
   >> force you to watch for 5 seconds or sometimes even 30 seconds or more.   
   >>   
   >> I think in the near future, once AI is able to code stuff, we should   
   >> finally get rid of these idiotic ads.   
   >>   
   >   
   > On the free games on an iPad the ads last for minutes.   
   > I suppose that's what the writers have to do to finance their apps and   
   > get them out there. So I doubt they'll stomach any ad-blocker that   
   > removes them for long; or, at least, their powerful and competent   
   > patrons won't.   
      
   Yeah, this is a balance between being annoying enough to persuade to buy   
   the ad-free version and putting you off playing the game at all.   
      
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