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Set up a cheap cloud hosted adblocker in an hour for $2.50 a month

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Re: Set up a cheap cloud hosted adblocker in an hour for $2.50 a month

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Post by Orangeair »

cromulent wrote: post #66
Orangeair wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dang, you're right, I forgot about that. So not so suitable, unfortunately. Seems like root + a local hosts adblocker is still the best solution for Android, or a local VPN for iOS (do they have those on Android? never checked).

I don't have a full understanding of what's going on here, so this might be a stupid comment: Isn't 1GB of DNS lookups quite a lot?

Geez, color me double-wrong. Yes, that should be plenty. I thought was a VPN-esque solution that required shuffling all traffic through the VPS instance, but yes you're right, it's basically just a custom DNS server. In which case this would be totally fine. I might even try it myself if I ever decide to unroot my phone.

Re: Set up a cheap cloud hosted adblocker in an hour for $2.50 a month

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Post by bweitzman »

cromulent wrote: post #66
Orangeair wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dang, you're right, I forgot about that. So not so suitable, unfortunately. Seems like root + a local hosts adblocker is still the best solution for Android, or a local VPN for iOS (do they have those on Android? never checked).

I don't have a full understanding of what's going on here, so this might be a stupid comment: Isn't 1GB of DNS lookups quite a lot?

It would also have to serve the not found responses, no?

Still, if they're short it seems unlikely that you'd have any issues.

Re: Set up a cheap cloud hosted adblocker in an hour for $2.50 a month

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Post by bitmapbrother »

inferiorhuman wrote: post #62
bitmapbrother wrote: post #60

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Because iOS apps don't have ads, right?

Apple allows ad blocking software in the app store.

So does Google. In fact nearly every browser in the Play Store blocks ads.

Re: Set up a cheap cloud hosted adblocker in an hour for $2.50 a month

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Post by syrrim »

mirsadm wrote: post #68
ZonedOut wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Get Brave browser, it's based on Chrome and looks the same but has adblocker and some other good features.

Is it open source? If not, I wouldn't trust it.

Chrome isn't open source.

Re: Set up a cheap cloud hosted adblocker in an hour for $2.50 a month

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Post by Markoff »

JohnTHaller wrote: post #14
bberrry wrote: post #4

My number one reason for rooting my phone is blocking ads on a hosts-file level. It also stopped me from being able to play pokemon go, which I assume is for the best.

Why not just use Firefox with uBlock? Or do you use a lot of free apps with ads that don't offer a pay for no ads option?

just yesterday was checking many browsers, Firefox on Android is slow, was comparing loading times and it was very slow compared to Brave it RSBrowser or even Chrome plus no pull down to refresh is killer and there doesn't even seem to be plugin to add this only button or more fingers gesture or not just swipe down

on bright side on desktop i switched from chrome to Firefox and it seem ok, though it seem not so many pages are cached and need reload when switching many tabs

Re: Set up a cheap cloud hosted adblocker in an hour for $2.50 a month

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Post by Markoff »

mirsadm wrote: post #68
ZonedOut wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Get Brave browser, it's based on Chrome and looks the same but has adblocker and some other good features.

Is it open source? If not, I wouldn't trust it.

yes it is, from cofounder of Mozilla

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_(web_browser)

Re: Set up a cheap cloud hosted adblocker in an hour for $2.50 a month

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Post by indexerror »

nkkollaw wrote: post #41
Orangeair wrote: post #40

Just a heads-up, you can get 1 CPU and 0.6 gigs of RAM for free with the new entry tier of GCP: https://cloud.google.com/free/ (Disclaimer: Google employee, unrelated product area)

So, one gets 1 VPS for free forever..?

It seems like it is $300 for the next 12 months. There is no mention of always free.

Re: Set up a cheap cloud hosted adblocker in an hour for $2.50 a month

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Post by filmor »

Orangeair wrote: post #71
cromulent wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't have a full understanding of what's going on here, so this might be a stupid comment: Isn't 1GB of DNS lookups quite a lot?

Geez, color me double-wrong. Yes, that should be plenty. I thought was a VPN-esque solution that required shuffling all traffic through the VPS instance, but yes you're right, it's basically just a custom DNS server. In which case this would be totally fine. I might even try it myself if I ever decide to unroot my phone.

DNS66 (https://github.com/julian-klode/dns66) doesn't require root. It uses the Android VPN system to capture DNS requests and forwards everything else.

Re: Set up a cheap cloud hosted adblocker in an hour for $2.50 a month

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Post by nyolfen »

indexerror wrote: post #78
nkkollaw wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So, one gets 1 VPS for free forever..?

It seems like it is $300 for the next 12 months. There is no mention of always free.

from the parent's link:

> Always Free Products

> Use these products for free up to the specified usage limits during and past the free trial. These usage limits do not expire, but are subject to change.

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