Wtf is up with the constant Temu ads??? Does anyone actually buy from them? For a company to stay afloat selling $3 pants and $4 sneakers I assume all of it must be made out of construction paper and assembled by enslaved orphan children… How could it possibly be anything besides a scam???

  • MrJameGumb@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Mostly it’s Instagram and YouTube. I expect see ads in both of those apps, but not the same ad over and over again for months and months

    • betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I’ve stopped using the YouTube app entirely and watch videos in my mobile browser with the ad blocker due to that stuff. Even the pihole isn’t touching some of those in-app ads since their data can be routed through the same servers as the content you’re trying to view. Not sure about Instagram but the mobile browser might work there too. One possible complication would be if going to their mobile site prompts you to install/use their app but if that happens, you could try toggling the browser’s option to request the desktop version of the site. As far as I know, the most commonly-used mobile browsers have that feature but I haven’t checked them all.

      • MrJameGumb@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I pretty much only watch YouTube on my TV lately, so there’s not much I can do there. Instagram isn’t really worth any more effort than just opening the app. Again, I don’t actually mind the ads that much generally since it means I’m not paying to use the apps, it’s just that these Temu ads are kinda taking over and they are terrible