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TwinTurbo Jul 8, 2023

What is the state of rootless ad blockers for Android?

What is the state of rootless ad blockers for Android? - Lemmy.world

Several years ago, I used Blockada, which was frequently recommended. According to some discussion threads, it seems to have fallen from grace. What ad blocker that doesn’t require root do you use? What’s your experience with it? Would you recommend it?

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RichRatsch Jul 8, 2023

You can easily use private DNS settings on your android without installing anything!

dns.adguard.com is simple and works well nextdns allows more configuration, stats and blocklists

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Carter Jul 8, 2023

I personally never found DNS adblockers to be very successful.

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monotremata Jul 8, 2023

If you're using Chrome, that's why. Chrome bypasses your DNS settings and uses Google's DNS because they found using the system settings was affecting their ad revenue. Using Firefox fixes this, although in Firefox you can just use ublock origin anyway, which works even better.

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flawedFraction

Chrome doesn’t behave that way for me. It uses my DNS settings correctly and ads are blocked. I can’t remember it ever not behaving, though I usually use Firefox.