GitHub - AdAway/AdAway: AdAway is a free and open source ad blocker for Android.
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AdAway is a free and open source ad blocker for Android. - AdAway/AdAway

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.

  • potatoguy@mbin.potato-guy.space
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    4 hours ago

    I know too little about how Android works…

    Yeah, this is a more advanced thing, I think the other methods described on the post are better, if you don’t have a custom recovery AND custom rom. If the device is locked or have the stock rom, it might not boot, because of the signature checking on the image.