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1over137
888 days ago
Is that yet another thing the mothership won’t let you do with an iPhone?
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bsuvc
888 days ago
I don't think this limitation is exclusive to Apple though.
As far as I know, there is no way to edit a hosts file on Android either. Is there?
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realusername
888 days ago
I still consider it an Android bug that it isn't possible, even after all these years. The permission model on Android is pure nonsense.
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KomoD
888 days ago
Well... not directly without root, but you can host a DNS Server on Android and use it if you wanted to
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fsflover
888 days ago
You can do it on a GNU/Linux phone though (sent from my Librem 5).
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mminer237
888 days ago
Not without root
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jtokoph
888 days ago
Theoretically if you setup something like nextdns on the iPhone you could set an override
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As far as I know, there is no way to edit a hosts file on Android either. Is there?