- cross-posted to:
- privacy@programming.dev
- cross-posted to:
- privacy@programming.dev
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.
I’ve used a VPN based ad filter for years.
It was called dns66, but has been replaced by DNSnet on F-Droid.
It creates a loopback VPN connection and forwards all traffic through it, when can then be filtered.