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cheald ◴[] 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. HenryBemis ◴[] No.19211226[source]
The solution I follow on all my Android devices is the "NoRoot Firewall", free, no ads. I use it either to block IPs/addresses I "don't like" or global block sites/IPs like Google analytics, Facebook etc.