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182 points whalabi | 3 comments | | HN request time: 0.639s | source
1. jandeboevrie ◴[] No.19208734[source]
Even at night when you don't use your phone, you are tracked and served ads. I use blokada and it blocks over 5000 ads and trackers in three days, 12 hours of effective usage, meaning 400+ ads/h: https://raymii.org/s/blog/My_phone_serves_me_400_ads_per_hou...

Blokada is easier to use that dns66, just one big button and you're done. It doesn't require root, but just like this app uses a local vpn (on the device itself, no servers involved).

For me it even blocks ads inside the YouTube app, which Adguard on iOS couldn't do...

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2. kayone ◴[] No.19208938[source]
which filters do you use? I tried for so long to get youtube ads to block and at the end, I just gave up.
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3. hivacruz ◴[] No.19209077[source]
Youtube ads are hard to block. Use NewPipe to watch videos there