• Possibly linux
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    15 months ago

    You shouldn’t use root on Android. It throws the security model out the window. Just run something without google

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      25 months ago

      Going to probably try this after I build my pihole and I can VPN home for ad blocking. Currently I need root to avoid seeing ads.

        • @njordomir
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          15 months ago

          The browser ad on doesn’t work in apps, and if they have a blocker outside of that, it probably uses a VPN on the loopback interface to strip out the ads. I run a VPN a fair bit, so I would only be adblocking when I’m not on the VPN. Are there any non-root methods that can do full system ad blocking other than the VPN thing?

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            15 months ago

            Don’t use apps with ads. They are a privacy and freedom risk anyway. Use apps from F-droid.