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Alternatives to AdAway (github.com)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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I have been using the hosts file based ad blocker AdAway for at least two years. It runs on my smartphones and tablet, all rooted, thus I can run a VPN simultaneously. Since it has always worked flawlessly, I never really took the time to compare it to other similar apps.

But as of today, there hasn't been an update since 2024.

I am asking for alternatives and the reason you think they're better.

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[–] 2 points 5 months ago

I've used a VPN based ad filter for years.

It was called dns66, but has been replaced by DNSnet on F-Droid.

It creates a loopback VPN connection and forwards all traffic through it, when can then be filtered.

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