AlexanderTheGreat@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoWhat's The Best Adblocker For Android Phones?message-squaremessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhat's The Best Adblocker For Android Phones?AlexanderTheGreat@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square47fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareEveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year agoDoesn’t that require root? Or am I getting it confused with another solution with “ad” in the title? :/
minus-squareNightoftheLemmy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThe one you are thinking is Adaway which makes changes to the system host file. AdGuard creates a local VPN connection and lets all traffic run through that blocking based on filters. Your VPN slot is taken up here. NextDNS just changes your phone DNS to its servers and blocks based on filters. Here, your VPN slot is essentially free for use with actual VPN apps.
minus-squareEveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year ago Your VPN slot is taken up here. Oof, yeah, that wouldn’t work for me anyway since I currently use a VPN. Lol. Thanks for clearing it up though! :) NextDNS just changes your phone DNS to its servers and blocks based on filters. Here, your VPN slot is essentially free for use with actual VPN apps. That sounds promising! :D
minus-squareJustMarkov@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoYou can use it like a VPN service. But note, that AdGuard for Android isn’t OSS
Doesn’t that require root? Or am I getting it confused with another solution with “ad” in the title? :/
The one you are thinking is Adaway which makes changes to the system host file.
AdGuard creates a local VPN connection and lets all traffic run through that blocking based on filters. Your VPN slot is taken up here.
NextDNS just changes your phone DNS to its servers and blocks based on filters. Here, your VPN slot is essentially free for use with actual VPN apps.
Oof, yeah, that wouldn’t work for me anyway since I currently use a VPN. Lol.
Thanks for clearing it up though! :)
That sounds promising! :D
You can use it like a VPN service. But note, that AdGuard for Android isn’t OSS
Ew.