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Ad blocking on android

I would like to pirate on my phone sometimes and the ads on websites are problem. I’m not newbie, I know I can install firefox and get the uBlock on it but firefox android is a little bit slow so I prefer to use Opera browser; opera has an ad blocker but it’s a joke compared to uBlock. I’m in a restricted country and my phone is not rooted, so if I use ad block apps like AdAway or Adgaurd they need to create a VPN connection in order to function unless the phone is rooted, and that VPN connection doesn’t let me to enable another VPN in order to visit filtered websites or apps.

I’m not stuck, but felt if I ask here there may be another smart solution for ad blocking on android that can solve these small problems; and the solution would help other people so be kind and provide what you have.

redditReallySucks ,
@redditReallySucks@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

I recommend cromite’s (fork of bromite) adblocking. It works well and I don’t see ads (at least the big ones, maybe I overlooked some smaller ones)

Gargari ,

Firefox + unlock Origin. Use alternative opens-source apps. DNS: Adguard, NextDNS, etc.

Vuipes ,
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I use the Samsung browser with the Adguard plug-in, which works great with customizable filter lists.

Samsung browser: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sec.android.app.sbrowser
Adguard for samsung browser: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adguard.android.contentblocker

Bakery7328 ,

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jimmy90 ,

Firefox and Kiwi browsers both support full Ublock Origin

Elkenders ,

Perhaps worth trying kiwis built in adblocking before you start. I recently installed kiwi so I could run ‘i still don’t care about cookies’. Seems really nice

burgersc12 ,

Been using dnsforge.de along with ublock origin on fennec. Seems to work well enough, but I might go back to personalDNSfilter to block ads with local VPN if i notice anything slipping through

ALERT ,
@ALERT@sh.itjust.works avatar

Blokada.

rambos ,

Pihole + firefox + ublock for adds here. Im not using this, but its also possible to set your home server connect to VPN provider and then route all traffic through that. Then you can use your selfhosted VPN to connect with phone and use both at the same time. Or just enable add blocking on your VPN provider, I guess most of them have one

kratoz29 ,

If I were you I’d just root my phone and use it along with AdAway.

If that isn’t an option for you you already got some neat answers like using a public DNS or your own self hosted.

cnnrduncan ,

I used to be a big fan of Opera back when it was good but I wouldn’t recommend using anything made by them since they got bought out by a shady Chinese company that makes their money off of predatory payday loan apps with exploitative interest rates in a few developing nations. Firefox (and Mull and the like) are the best Android web browsers but if you really want a Chromium-based one then I’d recommend looking into using one that’s open source and not owned by an unethical corporation.

FeelzGoodMan420 ,

Use firefox and simply deal with the slightly slower app?

angelfire ,

Easiest solution I found was manually setting a Private DNS on Android. Adguard public DNS address filters pretty much all of them.

glue_snorter ,

Agreed, although I prefer pihole on a separate device. DNS blocking is best blocking.

Adware can detect that crap isn’t loaded, but it is indistinguishable from the crap server being down. Normal page blocking is a lot more detectable, so assume pages then instruct you to disable your blocker.

Also, DNS blocking saves you bandwidth.

AnonymousLlama ,
@AnonymousLlama@kbin.social avatar

I've found it's worked really well. One annoying part is if you use Google search, the top 4/5 results which usually are ads (but eventually redirect to the correct page you want) become inaccessible, as Adguard interrupts it

rikudou ,

In your case I’d sacrifice a bit of speed and went with Firefox. Another option is AdGuard + AdGuard VPN, the apps can work together.

Turbo ,

Have you heard about pihole for DNS blocking ? You m might have success when at home on wifi as this would greatly cut down on ads and trackers.

Otherwise, if you think Firefox is too slow to pirate (not sure I understand that, but ok) you can try another browser … maybe try Brave? Ya, maybe some negative publicity lately, but I’m not sure it bothers me, or perhaps I don’t understand what exactly they might be selling of my info…

Nimous OP ,

I’m sure I mentioned that opera is my main browser because it’s faster. And I don’t care much about my data being sold to chinese government because 1. I’m in a restricted country and they can’t take any usage of my info. 2. I hide myself in other ways.

backhdlp ,
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Setting up a PiHole is a method that should work. Costs a bit if you don’t already have something to host it on.

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