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by e40 2939 days ago
Blokada doesn't require root. Been using it for a while and it's fantastic.
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saagarjha 2939 days ago
…so it uses the VPN API, just like the apps that have been banned from the App Store/Play Store/Appstore. Adaway requires root because it modifies /etc/hosts.
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JackCh 2939 days ago
>"…so it uses the VPN API, just like the apps that have been banned from the App Store/Play Store/Appstore."

Yes precisely. And that's not a problem because F-Droid doesn't ban these sort of things.

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