What is the state of rootless ad blockers for Android?

Several years ago, I used Blockada, which was frequently recommended. According to some discussion threads, it seems to have fallen from grace.

What ad blocker that doesn’t require root do you use? What’s your experience with it? Would you recommend it?

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nefarious, 11 months ago

Honestly, I should probably set up a system-wide adblocker, but I just use uBlock in Firefox and avoid apps that shove ads in my face.

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RichRatsch, 11 months ago

You can easily use private DNS settings on your android without installing anything!

dns.adguard.com is simple and works well nextdns allows more configuration, stats and blocklists

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Carter, 11 months ago

I personally never found DNS adblockers to be very successful.

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monotremata, 11 months ago

If you're using Chrome, that's why. Chrome bypasses your DNS settings and uses Google's DNS because they found using the system settings was affecting their ad revenue. Using Firefox fixes this, although in Firefox you can just use ublock origin anyway, which works even better.

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