I’m looking for a free, reputable ad blocker on the Play Store. Something that does local host/filter list filtering using the VPN feature, like Blokada 4 or 5 (before they started cloud hosting the filtering features as a money/data grab).

Personally, I’m no stranger to F-Droid or Obtanium and even have dipped my toes into ADB.

I need this for family members when they start asking, so I can point them at something decent that won’t try to fleece them and get on with my life unburdened by family tech support hell. Something they can install through the Play Store they already have and easily switch on and off if something they “need” isn’t working.

So that eliminates just setting their DNS to an ad blocking one in their Wi-Fi settings. Wouldn’t follow them off that specific connection, and wouldn’t be an easy toggle if something broke.

  • StillhartEnglish
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    1 year ago

    So that eliminates just setting their DNS to an ad blocking one in their Wi-Fi settings.

    You can setup DNS ad blocking in the DNS settings, not the wi-fi settings, so it will follow you everywhere. I believe the setting is called “Private DNS” and it works great for me with the free AdGuard DNS. There is a setting to turn it on and off in there too.

    • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I recently got AdGuard and so far I’m a huge fan, but I don’t think it’s available on the Play Store

      • StillhartEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        I am talking about their public DNS that blocks ads like a pi hole.

        https://adguard-dns.io/en/public-dns.html

        It works on any device that lets you set the DNS. Put it on your home router so everything on your wifi benefits, set it in your phone settings so you can benefit when you’re not at home. I’m a huge fan. Way easier than setting up your own and it works really well.