I would like to pirate on my phone sometimes and the ads on websites are problem. I'm not newbie, I know I can install firefox and get the uBlock on it but firefox android is a little bit slow so I prefer to use Opera browser; opera has an ad blocker but it's a joke compared to uBlock. I'm in a restricted country and my phone is not rooted, so if I use ad block apps like AdAway or Adgaurd they need to create a VPN connection in order to function unless the phone is rooted, and that VPN connection doesn't let me to enable another VPN in order to visit filtered websites or apps.

I'm not stuck, but felt if I ask here there may be another smart solution for ad blocking on android that can solve these small problems; and the solution would help other people so be kind and provide what you have.

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[–] florge@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If you don't want firefox, Cromite is pretty good. Also if you need your vpn for other things, then the next best thing is a custom dns, I use nextdns which is customisable and blocks a fair amount of stuff.

[–] redditReallySucks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

I recommend cromite's (fork of bromite) adblocking. It works well and I don't see ads (at least the big ones, maybe I overlooked some smaller ones)

[–] backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago

Setting up a PiHole is a method that should work. Costs a bit if you don't already have something to host it on.

[–] 7Sea_Sailor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Personally I use my own selfhosted AdGuard Home instance, configured on my phone as the private DNS server, therefor connecting via encrypted DOT. I've also got this server configured as the DNS on my home network router, meaning every and any device in the network profits from the adblocking, no matter how the respective DNS is configured. If you dont want to mess around with linux, docker and selfhosting in general, NextDNS seems to be a very valuable option as well. In any case, this is a lot more efficient than having an adblocking extension in your browser, since AGH/NDNS will also block ads and tracker in any other app that isn't Firefox.

[–] vaselined@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Iceraven

[–] nostradiel@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

And that is the reason why I'm rooted and you should be to. Also if you want to add firewall into combination with vpn and adblock, there is definitely no other way.

[–] CustardCreams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What do you do about banking apps onba rooted phone? Doe's magicx work for those apps

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[–] Nimous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I heard rooting has some risks and disadvantages but I have no experience with it. is it good?

[–] nostradiel@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It depends if you mind the cons, which doesn't effect me. You can use banking apps, cause you hide magisk root app from them, you have to update manually, cause you need to patch update file to include root (easy), adobe software cannot be fooled by magisk hide so you have to pirate it and Samsung devices will irreversibly trip Knox so no Samsung pay and password. So far I have rooted every device I had since HTC Evo 3D and no problems, only full control of device I paid a lot of money for.

[–] vox@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

firefox beta with ublock.
if you use beta, you can install any extensions by adding them to an AMO extension collection.

also make sure to get some sort of dns ad blocker for blocking in-app ads/trackers and vendor tracking:
you have three options:

Self-hosted: Pihole
Cloud: NextDNS (this is what I'm using)
Local: AdAway (drains battery unless you have root)

[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 0 points 2 years ago

Use firefox and simply deal with the slightly slower app?

[–] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 2 years ago

Get Firefox from https://github.com/Tobi823/ffupdater then its fast

[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world -4 points 2 years ago

Firefox is a bit slow because it's busy blocking those ads and other garbage then figuring out how to make a web page with what little is leftover. You might be a bit slow if you can't figure that out.

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