- 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.
FWIW, if you self-host Adguard, you can do those things without needing to bother with touching individual hosts files. It’ll also then just work for every device on your network. Create your own domain and expose adguard via a subdomain and you can just point your phone at your DNS server while you are on external networks too.