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Block Ads in Apps on Android

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182 points whalabi | 1 comments | 20 Feb 19 14:27 UTC | HN request time: 0.298s | 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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Tsubasachan ◴[20 Feb 19 17:05 UTC] No.19209547[source]▶
I use DNS66 and I have to pause it any time I use a app that involves Google.
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1. whalabi ◴[20 Feb 19 21:25 UTC] No.19212151[source]▶
In DNS66, in the apps tab, you can bypass the VPN by app.

I think I tried this and had mixed results though.

For me I only had twitter glitching at one point, but it doesn't now