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submitted 8 months ago by cosmicrookie@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

I might have misunderstood this but is Android really trying to push this as tracking as a privacy upgrade, simply because it let's us choose which of our interests we want advertisers to have access to?

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[-] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 0 points 8 months ago

When I started using NextDNS, I changed my mind about that. It’s a bit like having a pi-hole with you even when you’re not on your home network.

[-] Fisch@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

There's probably a FOSS app that does the same thing without ads and tracking

[-] markpaskal@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago
[-] LWD@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

RethinkDNS might be good too. I think it's more powerful, and it's on F-Droid too.

[-] markpaskal@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago

Their content blocking seems to run on a cloud service that you connect to via their app but it looks like it works the same for the end user.

[-] LWD@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

It's pretty multifaceted. I've got a half dozen on-device blocklists enabled, along with some app-specific filters.

Due to some Android quirk I've also been unable to use their DNS

this post was submitted on 25 Feb 2024
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