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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.

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?

IgnacioM , (edited )
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Im not very familiar with Opera but do you have the “Allow Acceptable Ads™” setting still on?

Edit: I just used an ad block testing site with Allow Acceptable Ads turned off and tracker blocking and the score it got is about the same as firefox mobile with ublock

matey ,

Where are you testing it?

IgnacioM ,
@IgnacioM@lemmy.ml avatar

d3ward.github.io/toolz/adblock.html

Skimmer ,

That tool is pretty inaccurate, see here

florge , (edited )

If you don’t want firefox, Cromite is pretty good. Also if you need your vpn for other things, then the next best thing is a custom dns, I use nextdns which is customisable and blocks a fair amount of stuff.

vaselined ,

Iceraven

redditReallySucks ,
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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)

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

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.

loudWaterEnjoyer ,

Get Firefox from github.com/Tobi823/ffupdater then its fast

LiamTheBox ,
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Try Fennec (4chan recommended) Try kiwi to use any chrome extension

foxfox ,

Mull is a better choice.

vox , (edited )
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firefox beta with ublock.
if you use beta, you can install any extensions by adding them to an AMO extension collection.

also make sure to get some sort of dns ad blocker
you have three options:

  • Self-hosted: Pihole
  • Cloud: NextDNS (this is what I’m using)
  • Local: AdAway (drains battery unless you have root)
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