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Block Ads in Apps on Android

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182 points whalabi | 4 comments | 20 Feb 19 14:27 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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proxygeek ◴[20 Feb 19 16:29 UTC] No.19209177[source]▶
I wasted almost an hour trying unsuccessfully to book a cab using Uber yesterday only to realise it was 1.1.1.1 in my Private DNS which was the problem.

I had internet access just fine (browsers) but Signal, Google Maps, Uber and Ola just wouldn't work with 1.1.1.1. Haven't gotten around to think about the reason

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1. Zizizizz ◴[20 Feb 19 17:49 UTC] No.19210025[source]▶
instead of 1.1.1.1 use 1dot1dot1dot1.cloudflare-dns.com
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2. kfwhp ◴[20 Feb 19 17:59 UTC] No.19210171[source]▶
Wait, how are you supposed to use a host name as a DNS server?
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3. ignoramous ◴[20 Feb 19 18:40 UTC] No.19210669[source]▶
DNS over HTTPS and DNS over TLS require URLs. Controversial features in that they break abstractions apart from breaking some apps too (for instance, usage of TCP, overhead of TLS/SSL handshakes, absuing HTTP etc)
4. therein ◴[20 Feb 19 18:44 UTC] No.19210710[source]▶
We heard you like to resolve domain names into IP addresses so we put your DNS provider behind an A record.

This way you can resolve while you resolve.