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Block Ads in Apps on Android

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182 points whalabi | 2 comments | 20 Feb 19 14:27 UTC | HN request time: 0.64s | source
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cheald ◴[20 Feb 19 16:03 UTC] No.19208943[source]▶
On Android 9, you can do this even more easily:

Settings -> Network & Internet -> Advanced -> Private DNS -> set provider hostname to "dns.adguard.com"

Adguard functionally operates similar to a Pihole install - it just maintains a DNS-based blacklist. You give them your DNS queries, of course, but in return you get an almost entirely ad-free experience with just one setting.

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1. esseti ◴[20 Feb 19 16:24 UTC] No.19209132[source]▶
how good is the dns? in term of speed and privacy. PS: all the dns are resolved via that dns or it's added (piled) to the list of default dns resolvers?
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2. solarkraft ◴[20 Feb 19 16:39 UTC] No.19209288[source]▶
You'll have to make your device use the server, so I think you'll at least have to add it to the front of the list.