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I may be a crazy old bastard but I have never used an ad blocker. I just use plain simple blacklists. Too many ads or obtrusive ads go on the list and I just don’t see those sites anymore. Otherwise I’m fine with ads.

Bipta
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Yeah but… a block list is just another blocker. The real question is how you’re implementing it?

Android’s host file protection makes it impossible to modify without root.

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-121Y

Man, you tech guys. My block list is in my head.

Vigilante
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Yeah you should stay off the crack for a while bud

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I assume you’re adding the blacklist into your host file? How big is your block file? I remember one think that finally pushed me to use pihole and adguard a few years ago was due to my large host file causing >1s dns lookup time. Moving to pihole improved performance significantly in my case. Not sure if OS these days can handle large host file without huge performance impact though.

Sips'
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Rethink DNS is an amazing app if you’re on android. Highly worth giving a shot! Even for the peeps on other solutions.

https://rethinkdns.com/

Jin
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I also recommend this! Firewall, DNS blocking and VPN function, very powerful

GodlessCommie
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I still use AdAway with root

SolidGrue
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41Y

This, plus uBlock Origin, plus the pihole on my home LAN to which I am normally tethered via Wireguard when not on my hone wifi.

Many layers, make ogre stronk

Bipta
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I got a new phone; first one I didn’t root, but god do I miss AdAway…

GodlessCommie
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41Y

When I first bought the pixel 8 pro I tried to see if I could go without rooting. I came to my senses within a week

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11Y

Blokada 5 here. It works well enough even with the glitching.

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31Y

I stopped using blokada after it started massively draining my battery in the background.

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11Y

I get random freezes and have to clear data eventually to get it working right again. But it mostly works.

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41Y

That doesn’t sound good at all

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21Y

I’ve been using DNS 66 for a while with no complaints.

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.jak_linux.dns66/

KingJalopy
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11Y

Thanks! Been needing this

PoliticallyIncorrect
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Can you use a VPN at the same time as DNS66?

Alice
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Adguard’s default blocklist doesn’t block many in-app ads sdk. Make sure to add some 3rd party block list like Steven Black’s.

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If you don’t want to use DNS for whatever reason. Then Firefox/Mull with Ublock origin for the browser only

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31Y

Why not both?

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11Y

I use a VPN that has an ad blocker built in, like Mozilla, that blocks all the normal apps even without root.

Then I use Firefox with uBlock Origin for web browsing.

Vigilante
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21Y

Mozzila has a vpn ?

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11Y

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/products/vpn/

Yeah, it piggybacks on Mullvad VPN, which is good and bad.

Very privacy focused, but there’s no Port Forwarding, so it can be a little limiting for things like seeding torrents.

strawberry
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ublock origin on Firefox, VPN that blocks ads, plus most apps I install without network permission

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71Y

It should actually be dns.adguard-dns.com, per the official documentation

JackGreenEarth
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The former has been working fine for me, but I’ll change it to your suggestion if I experience any problems.

knightly the Sneptaur
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If you have root, then AdAway: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.adaway/

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41Y

I use it without root and it’s fine. Not perfect, but at least you can disable it if you have to without rebooting your phone

Hellmo_luciferrari
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I use it with root, disabling it and reenabling it doesn’t require me to reboot my phone…

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11Y

Usually it edits the hosts file and it usually takes a reboot for it to take effect

Hellmo_luciferrari
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I wonder I’d its because of the systemless hosts magisk module that allows that without reboot. Dunno, I dont have to reboot even with changes made to my AdAway

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Not using Google Play services

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