What ad blocking for Android to would recommend?
Adguard (paid) or Blokada (free) if you don't want to root.
Malicious apps infect 25M Android devices with 'Agent Smith' malware
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#12Gacha players on suicide watch
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#13What ad blocking for Android to would recommend?
Firefox mobile + uBlockOrigin or uMatrix
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#14What ad blocking for Android to would recommend?
Firefox with uBlock
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I bought a new Android table from Samsung 3 years ago for more daughter - when bought it had a 2 year old version of Android on and enquiries from Samsung UK said it would not be updated. My daughter is still using it today, unupdated from 5 years ago. We tend to be an Apple household Edit - the Device, bought in September 2016 was a Samsung Galaxy TAB E 9.6 SM-T560 WI-FI - I will check the software level tonight.
Which device? That doesn't sound right. We're in a more or less identical situation, with Galaxy Tab S2's for the kids that we bought three years ago. And indeed, they're running comparatively ancient Android 7.0 images and will never see a version bump again. They do, however, continue to see security updates. And in particular they've been patched against the vulnerability in the linked article. I'd be very surpris…
He's probably wrong, but inadvertently so. Most people seem to confuse android version update with security update, which is compounded by the fact that security updates on android are very "discreet" all things considered, and you don't notice it much.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
I bought a new Android table from Samsung 3 years ago for more daughter - when bought it had a 2 year old version of Android on and enquiries from Samsung UK said it would not be updated. My daughter is still using it today, unupdated from 5 years ago. We tend to be an Apple household Edit - the Device, bought in September 2016 was a Samsung Galaxy TAB E 9.6 SM-T560 WI-FI - I will check the software level tonight.
better than ios updates making the phone unusable. happened to me on old ipod touch models, not even the battery thing.
> Not even the battery thing.
That was an attempt at graceful degradation that wasn’t communicated well.
The general belief was that having a phone that runs a bit more slowly, but consistently used it’s battery as the battery life naturally degrades is better than a phone suddenly dying with 40% battery remaining if the peak power draw exceeds what a several year old lithium ion battery can produce.
I much prefer the former personally, but I get where the misunderstanding and public outcry came from.
Beyond that, what made your phone unusable? The last 4 or 5 iOS versions have improved performance across the board, even for phones several years old.
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Pi-hole or alike. Works very well for me, although I'm experiencing some problems with it. I'm a bad system administrator, though.
does that work when you are away from home wifi? (not sure what all pi-hole does)
It does if you also run a VPN, although that has battery life implications.
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Pi-hole or alike. Works very well for me, although I'm experiencing some problems with it. I'm a bad system administrator, though.
does that work when you are away from home wifi? (not sure what all pi-hole does)
You could set up a vpn to your home network to use it I suppose, otherwise no, it doesn't.
pihole is nothing more than a dns blocker for your home network.