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by sigmar 3911 days ago
>not being able to block ads on Android

Not only are there multiple browsers that block ads on android (including firefox, Adblock Browser for Android, nochromo). There are also non-root apps that block ads in other apps by using an on-device proxy (ad blockplus, adguard). There are also very powerful root apps that remove ads from browsers and apps (such a minminguard, which eliminates app ads entirely so that it doesn't even leave behind an empty UI box).

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Right, I definitely phrased it badly. Content blockers on iOS are very different than using a specific browser on Android though. Proxying though abp and adguard has been a pain to set up in my experience. Though I have not done so recently. I was unaware of minminguard, and will check it out later today, but again not a simple OS level solution like content blockers.