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Block Ads in Apps on Android

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182 points whalabi | 5 comments | 20 Feb 19 14:27 UTC | HN request time: 0.759s | source
1. gattilorenz ◴[20 Feb 19 15:09 UTC] No.19208381[source]▶
Another alternative, on a rooted phone, is AdAway, which can be obtained on F-Droid ( https://f-droid.org/en/ ). I'm more than satisfied with it.
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2. marceloneil ◴[20 Feb 19 15:29 UTC] No.19208551[source]▶
AdAway is quite nice as it updates your hosts file directly rather than using the phones VPN feature, although the downside is you do need root.
3. trishmapow2 ◴[20 Feb 19 15:36 UTC] No.19208642[source]▶
Which filter lists do you use? I find a few ads still get through on the default settings.
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4. gattilorenz ◴[20 Feb 19 18:06 UTC] No.19210238[source]▶
https://pastebin.com/raw/L0011N6C

Although to be honest I also use the Brave browser,so that might explain why I have so few ads when browsing. Yeah, I really hate them...

5. PkBuzios ◴[20 Feb 19 20:12 UTC] No.19211524[source]▶
AdAway is, until today, the best option. All the other root-free alternatives requires the app to run on the background which may consume resources, battery or even crash and stop functioning.