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You can use the custom rules to add any of the adblocker lists such as HP hosts, etc.
Also whitelists play nice with voip apps too.
And before ads advocate responds - ask for my money instead of polluting my mental space.
This is really neat and I had thought about doing this when I acquired a new Android device that I don't have root on. Alternatively, a program was made to host a DNS process on the phone in userland that downloads blacklists as well as uses external well known nameservers. Then use build in VPN client to redirect all DNS queries through to the daemon. DNS66 has been doing a fine job since I started using it last wee…
You do have to do more initial setup with certificates and such, but IMHO the more fine-grained filtering is worth it. The entire category of sites which actually detect blocking can be worked around this way, as you can filter out that code too.
How sad is that we need to jump trough hoops to just disable ads on our devices. And before ads advocate responds - ask for my money instead of polluting my mental space.
After being served up a malicious pop-up that silently installed a bitcoin miner a few years ago, I started whitelisting javascript with a plugin, blocking ads, etc.
I haven't had a malware problem since I started doing this. I don't think it's a coincidence.
The most convenient solution I've found for my phone is using the Firefox app, which has extension support.
[1] https://adguard.com/en/adguard-dns/overview.html [2] https://github.com/jedisct1/dnscrypt-proxy/blob/master/dnscr...
How sad is that we need to jump trough hoops to just disable ads on our devices. And before ads advocate responds - ask for my money instead of polluting my mental space.
Until ads went rogue and started serving me malware, I never had a problem with them. After being served up a malicious pop-up that silently installed a bitcoin miner a few years ago, I started whitelisting javascript with a plugin, blocking ads, etc. I haven't had a malware problem since I started doing this. I don't think it's a coincidence. The most convenient solution I've found for my phone is using the Firefox…
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160111/05574633295/forbe...
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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?
I find Chrome to be faster than Firefox with uBlock on my Android device.
(Disclaimer: Google employee, unrelated product area)