• lemmefixdat4u@lemmy.worldEnglish
    254·
    1 year ago

    Simple solution. Get DNS66 from the F-droid site (not the Play Store version that wants a subscription). That takes care of the ads in all my apps. It inserts itself like a VPN, filtering all Internet traffic, blocking the ad servers.

    • 1ird@notyour.rodeoEnglish
      10·
      1 year ago

      AdGuard does the same. All I see is “sponsored content” and keep scrolling.

      • 1984@lemmy.todayEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Yup. Maybe the author still makes money from them even if they are blocked by our dns servers. Hope so, would be a win win.

        • TheObserver@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Nope he gets nothing. If the ad fails to load then there is no money to be gained by the developer.

          • 1984@lemmy.todayEnglish
            3·
            1 year ago

            Would be nice if it was possible to load the ad but not view it, getting the best of all worlds.

    • oxf@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      Personally I’m more for using a custom DNS server to block ads.

      I was using Blokada 5, but found that it used a bit too much of my battery.

      Now I just set my DNS to dns.adblock.com, and it gives me the same result.

    • archonet@lemmy.worldEnglish
      62·
      1 year ago

      Mullvad VPN also includes the ability to block all ads at the DNS level, so if you don’t already have a VPN (or if you’re not happy with your current one), I highly recommend it. Great VPN, great speed, great company.

      • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.deEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        Mozilla VPN uses Mullvad’s servers so it offers pretty much the same QoS but some of it goes to a non-profit that develops and supports Firefox, funds white hats finding and patching bugs in the Fediverse. and fights for an open web.

        (It also features DNS-level ad blocking.)