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What's The Best Adblocker For Android Phones? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by AlexanderTheGreat@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I'm talking full phone and blocking. Not just browser.

Edit: So many options! Thanks guys I'll go through them all and see what one I think will work best for me. I appreciate it.

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[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You want a DNS based adblocker. I like nextdns because I can customise it.

[–] lemmyingly@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Can you customise it down to the domain?

[–] then_three_more@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If you mean blocking specific websites, then yes. It's in the parental control section

[–] lemmyingly@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Nice. I use Mullvad DNS for the same purpose.

They seem to have many different endpoints depending on what you want to block, which is customizable only down to the type of content. Ads, trackers, malware, adult content, gambling, social media.

If I understand it properly, they have 64 different endpoints for their DNS. But I'm not sure if all of these are publicly facing or if you have to be connected via their VPN service for all of them to be accessible.