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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.

  • kn33@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    18 days ago

    An Android settings screen showing the "Select Private DNS Mode" dialog menu. The "Private DNS provider hostname" option is selected, with the hostname field filled out as "dns.adguard.com".

    This is all I do. It works pretty well. I sometimes have to turn it off briefly to log in to airplane wifi or such.

    • printf("%s", name);@piefed.blahaj.zoneOPEnglish
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      18 days ago

      Thanks! For this, I am using Mullvad’s ad blocking DNS. 😊 I want to be able to block specific hosts and IP addresses on a hosts file level in order to block certain system apps from connecting.