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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: 0.021s | 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. jheuel ◴[20 Feb 19 21:38 UTC] No.19212244[source]▶
Except that my Pixel 2 restarts every few hours if I set that up.
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2. czottmann ◴[21 Feb 19 07:55 UTC] No.19215275[source]▶
Same here with two OnePlus phones running Pie.

But an official fix is incoming. https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/122141885#comment14