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I don't suppose it can block ads embedded in my mobile apps, which is where I encounter all of these?
No, the only answer there is to connect to a local netowkr attached to a pihole or something similiar.
This is working less and less in my experience. Most people are serving ads through the same domain they server content from so the Pihole can't figure out what's an ad and what's content so it lets it all through
Still works for certain apps/websites, though
Even when it does work you can end up with an empty box where the ad should be, still covering content, still with an infinitesimally small X to close the empty box.
I think part of the problem is a lot of these free games give you bonuses for watching ads. Then the ads they show are awful. And once you watch one ad, it downloads all the ads for when they can’t load.
I think the only real answer is to have some willpower and don’t play the games with awful ads.
Actually yes, if you use Firefox for android which supports uBlock.
Internal VPN is the way.
I do both (Pihole in the house and AdAway root mode in my phone, also VPNs pointing to the Pihole in case I use it outside).
Pihole on your network will block those. I use apps and games on my phone and then leave my house and get surprised at how many ads I didn't know where there.
I use a VPN back to my LAN, so my phone always uses my pihole for DNS.
I host my pihole through Google because it makes me feel rebellious
Look into setting up WireGuard or tailscale depending on what you have available to you. I’m always on my home network, blocking ads, thanks to my own VPN.
Yea, I've got wireguard setup if needed for remote blocking.
I just use nextdns. It blocks ads in many places, including apps.
I don't have any app with embedded ads on my phone. All my apps is FOSS except banking apps. And when I didn't know about the existence of F-droid, I just downloaded patched apks with disabled ads or patched apps by myself using luckypatcher.
Maybe try rethink dns ? Idk if it works for sure tho.
Fuck me, I uninstalled about 4 games for invasive ads. Its a shame the open source community and paid games cant be a solution to all this data collection and ads on android.
this post was submitted on 20 Mar 2024
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