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Ad blocking on android (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Nimous@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I would like to pirate on my phone sometimes and the ads on websites are problem. I'm not newbie, I know I can install firefox and get the uBlock on it but firefox android is a little bit slow so I prefer to use Opera browser; opera has an ad blocker but it's a joke compared to uBlock. I'm in a restricted country and my phone is not rooted, so if I use ad block apps like AdAway or Adgaurd they need to create a VPN connection in order to function unless the phone is rooted, and that VPN connection doesn't let me to enable another VPN in order to visit filtered websites or apps.

I'm not stuck, but felt if I ask here there may be another smart solution for ad blocking on android that can solve these small problems; and the solution would help other people so be kind and provide what you have.

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[-] vox@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

firefox beta with ublock.
if you use beta, you can install any extensions by adding them to an AMO extension collection.

also make sure to get some sort of dns ad blocker for blocking in-app ads/trackers and vendor tracking:
you have three options:

Self-hosted: Pihole
Cloud: NextDNS (this is what I'm using)
Local: AdAway (drains battery unless you have root)

[-] nostradiel@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

And that is the reason why I'm rooted and you should be to. Also if you want to add firewall into combination with vpn and adblock, there is definitely no other way.

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[-] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 0 points 1 year ago

Use firefox and simply deal with the slightly slower app?

[-] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 year ago

Get Firefox from https://github.com/Tobi823/ffupdater then its fast

[-] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago

Firefox is a bit slow because it's busy blocking those ads and other garbage then figuring out how to make a web page with what little is leftover. You might be a bit slow if you can't figure that out.

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