Adblock Browser for Android

There's already Adblock Plus for Firefox on android.

I've been testing a number of Android ad blockers. Mainly because I feel like every single app under the sun is plastered with obnoxious advertisements.

Tried out AdBlockPlus (not the browser) for a month - horrible experience. They actually firehose/stream all of the data your phone uses through their app to block the ads, so for that month my data usage doubled because most major US carriers consider "app data" as separate usage. Really, most apps available (now) on the Play store related to removing ads just really don't do it right, and sketch me out mainly because Google has taken a much more proactive approach recently to removing "real ad blockers."

So far the best solution IMO is to root your phone (necessary for this), install F-Droid, and install AdAway (which was once in the Play store). It uses the hosts file to block advertisements (the default list is great) and has worked wonderfully, without changing my experience at all (other than removing all the ads).

It's just a recompile of Firefox for Android with Adblock Plus installed by default and I presume some changes in branding.

(Edit: Actually they explicitly say this in the "technical details" post that is linked)

A lot of people will say that they don't mind ads that are quiet, targeted and relevant.

It's popups for viagra that they don't want. Hell, even those that are correctly targeted by the ads end up being scammed.

The extension should really more be called "malware blocker" or something like this, since they are not really against ads.

Adblock Plus is getting creepier, I wouldn't trust it with my data.