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.
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.
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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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.
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.
Man, you tech guys. My block list is in my head.
Yeah you should stay off the crack for a while bud
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.
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/
I also recommend this! Firewall, DNS blocking and VPN function, very powerful
I still use AdAway with root
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
I got a new phone; first one I didn’t root, but god do I miss AdAway…
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
Blokada 5 here. It works well enough even with the glitching.
I stopped using blokada after it started massively draining my battery in the background.
I get random freezes and have to clear data eventually to get it working right again. But it mostly works.
That doesn’t sound good at all
I’ve been using DNS 66 for a while with no complaints.
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.jak_linux.dns66/
Thanks! Been needing this
Can you use a VPN at the same time as DNS66?
dns.adguard-dns.com
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.
nextdns.io
If you don’t want to use DNS for whatever reason. Then Firefox/Mull with Ublock origin for the browser only
Why not both?
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.
Mozzila has a vpn ?
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.
ublock origin on Firefox, VPN that blocks ads, plus most apps I install without network permission
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dns.adguard.com
It should actually be
dns.adguard-dns.com, per the official documentationThe former has been working fine for me, but I’ll change it to your suggestion if I experience any problems.
base.dns.mullvad.net
If you have root, then AdAway: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.adaway/
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
I use it with root, disabling it and reenabling it doesn’t require me to reboot my phone…
Usually it edits the hosts file and it usually takes a reboot for it to take effect
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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