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by nsuser3 2590 days ago
Try Blokada (https://blokada.org/), it blocks ads system-wide.
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tjbiddle 2590 days ago
Can you vouch well for this? I'm always concerned with an app that routes all my traffic through a VPN.
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JohnFen 2589 days ago
> I'm always concerned with an app that routes all my traffic through a VPN.

Many of these use the VPN subsystem of Android, but are not actually VPNs -- that is, they aren't routing anything off of your device. Using the VPN subsystem is just a way to be able to filter network traffic without having to have rooted your device.

The only downside is that you can't use such an app and a real VPN at the same time.

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nsuser3 2589 days ago
It's open source and I haven't heard anything negative about it. Only downside is that using a VPN at the same time is probably (?) impossible.
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mastazi 2590 days ago
A similar one, also for Android, is Block This https://block-this.com/

(PS By looking at their respective GitHub pages, Blockada seems more actively developed though)

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