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Adblocking for android phone (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by Captain_Buddha@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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What would be your recommendation for blocking ads on an android phone? Do you use one and, if so, what's your 2 cents on what you're using? Where have you seen the biggest improvement (reduction) if it works well?

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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Yeah im not quite sure what OP is going for here. Without root you wont be able to block ads system wide.

[–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

that's not true, you can block them with a VPN. or if you have one set up, a Pihole works even better. I haven't seen an ad in any android app in years.

[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

It would appear that they're trying to learn from a community by asking questions, which I agree is a remarkably stupid thing to do.

[–] Captain_Buddha@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Simply looking to see what methods people here use to reduce ads. I've not gotten into advanced user access with my phone though.