Everything wants me to pay rent

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Everything wants me to pay rent - Lemmy.World

Lemmy

Not everything needs a goddamn app.

Also, no I’m not gonna scan the QR code to look at the menu. Luckily, I’ve never had a resturant decline a request for a physical menu.

Web pages that keep trying to force you to use the app if you access them on a smartphone, but then the app only has half the functionality of the web page

the app only has half the functionality of the web page

… and all the ads, that I can’t block outside the browser

PiHole
Can’t really run one outside of your home network.it also requires people to set up a bit of hardware and change the DNS records in their routers, not a everyone is up for that. Especially those who just use whatever their ISP gives them.
If you have a VPN, it’s trivial to point it at your pihole to get the benefits of both on the go, I agree it’s not for everyone but you really dislike ads and tracking, there’s little better out there to protect you and the barrier to entry is pretty low, though not zero.