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What's The Best Adblocker For Android Phones? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by AlexanderTheGreat@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I'm talking full phone and blocking. Not just browser.

Edit: So many options! Thanks guys I'll go through them all and see what one I think will work best for me. I appreciate it.

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[–] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 18 points 7 months ago (2 children)

AdGuard can filter all (or select) traffic blocking ads in other apps.

[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Doesn't that require root? Or am I getting it confused with another solution with "ad" in the title? :/

[–] lemmy_nightmare@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months 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

[–] Thierry@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

What address should I type in the settings to use NextDNS dns?

[–] ominouslemon@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You can also use their DNS server without having to install anything

[–] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

That is true but then it applies to everything and you can't pick and choose which app to filter and which not (I exclude banking app for example), what level of filtering you want for each app (my phone is not rooted so there are some apps which will reject https filtering), and additionally I can quickly turn off and on filtering in the app for example when there's a need for troubleshooting why something is not loading etc. In short, with an app you have more control and access to stats: