Ad blocking on android

I would like to pirate on my phone sometimes and the ads on websites are problem. I’m not newbie, I know I can install firefox and get the uBlock on it but firefox android is a little bit slow so I prefer to use Opera browser; opera has an ad blocker but it’s a joke compared to uBlock. I’m in a restricted country and my phone is not rooted, so if I use ad block apps like AdAway or Adgaurd they need to create a VPN connection in order to function unless the phone is rooted, and that VPN connection doesn’t let me to enable another VPN in order to visit filtered websites or apps.

I’m not stuck, but felt if I ask here there may be another smart solution for ad blocking on android that can solve these small problems; and the solution would help other people so be kind and provide what you have.

Blizzard,

You wouldn’t be able to use AdGuard properly with Opera anyway because Opera don’t accept user certificates (issued by AdGuard or AdAway) so it wouldn’t filter https traffic.

Try Vivaldi, amazing browser, built-in adblocker. Hopefully will be better than Opera’s. Personally haven’t tested it as I’m using said AdGuard which Vivaldi has no problem with - one of the reason I moved from Opera to Vivaldi.

Or simply change DNS to AdGuard.

Kekzkrieger,
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Wait since when is firefox considered slow ? For me the speed is decent i dont have a 1000$ phone so i dont expect it to be as fast as on my pc

hexagonwin,

Though I feel Firefox (and its fork Fennec FDroid) is a lot slower than other browsers based on Chromium like Bromite and Kiwi. I’m using a phone that’s pretty low-end in 2023 standard though. (MSM8974 with 2GB ram running Android 11)

monotrox,

Im basically exclusively using Firefox on my phone and loading websites is pretty fast, the app just feels less responsive when scrolling compared to chrome/bromite

Nimous,

It’s fast enough to be enjoyable but opera has a nicer UI and since you can’t use extensions, the speed is consistent.

Kekzkrieger,
@Kekzkrieger@feddit.de avatar

opera is chinese spyware tho, just for a nice ui thats not worth

Nimous,

My plan is returning to firefox but I have too much stuff in the opera’s Flow. I must spend some time in future to fix this and abandon opera.

moralesformiles,

Why not change your system DNS to the public AdGuard address? Then you don’t need to use the app. DNS filtering is still more limited than uBlock, of course, but if you refuse to use browsers where that’s available, I think that’s the next best option.

kingtysonsworld,

yo thanks I forgot that was an option, this is way better than using Blokada actually 👍

idkman,

You can try out nextDNS. It has a list of blockers and you can track and block what request are being made by your phone.

Additionally, DNS-crypt proxy can be a good alternative too.

thecoolowl,

I’ve been using NextDNS for a while now. It’s great compared to VPN implementations like Blokada because it frees up your phone to use an actual VPN.

I’ve found PDNSQS for when I need to temporarily disable ad blocking, a really nice addition.

PolarisFx,
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Blokada 6 uses the DNS implementation. It’s a subscription service. I paid for a year then realized I could use NextDNS and use it on multiple devices rather than be limited to just my phone for a couple dollars less.

I’m actually using NextDNS’ vpn implementation as it doesn’t affect the wifi at work, for whatever reason I’d always have to disable private dns in order to use the corporate wifi.

darcy,
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i dont mean be that guy, but opera is chinese spyware, and firefox is worth the switch. trust me, i used to love opera, but now using firefox (librewolf/mull), i could never go back

xyzinferno,
@xyzinferno@lemmy.world avatar

Looking it up online, the subject of Opera being chinese spyware seems to be debated pretty thoroughly, but with no definitive consensus (that I could find at least). Any articles on the subject I could read up on?

I use Firefox myself, so it wouldn’t really impact my internet usage, but I’m just curious about what’s going on with Opera.

Funnily enough, I think the last time I used Opera was the Internet Channel on the Wii way back when, which was powered by Opera lmao

hexagonwin,

Opera was acquired by a chinese consortium back in 2016 or so. IMO opera telemetry isn’t too different from other proprietary browsers like chrome or edge but there were also some controversial decisions on Opera such as not removing a chinese CA cert (wosign?) that was being widely misused etc.

RogueBanana,

Not only that I am pretty sure every Chinese company are forced to hand over data by law if requested by the government so there’s that.

darcy,
@darcy@sh.itjust.works avatar

to be fair, so do US companies to the US government, whether or not it is as common

darcy,
@darcy@sh.itjust.works avatar

any software (especially a browser) that is not open source is not to be trusted.

janguv,

I’m in a restricted country and my phone is not rooted, so if I use ad block apps like AdAway or Adgaurd they need to create a VPN connection in order to function unless the phone is rooted, and that VPN connection doesn’t let me to enable another VPN in order to visit filtered websites or apps.

Ultimately, I think rooting is the way to go, but only if you have a device with a decent XDA thread guide and support. If you choose not to root, Adguard has their own VPN service integrated if you wanted to pay for that (haven’t tried), or else you can add your own proxy servers through the app – so you can add individual server IPs for (say) Nord and connect to them while still using Adguard in VPN mode.

gunpachi, (edited )
  1. Create a free Nextdns account.
  2. Add some blocklists
  3. Use the private dns settings on your android to set the dns. (i think this feature is present in Android versions which are 9 and above)

Voila ! you have blocked ads without wasting your VPN slot.

As an added bonus you can also configure nextdns to block your specific phone vendor tracking as well.

If you are interested in trying different web browsers you can check out Fennec from F-droid or Brave browser. These are my go-to browsers on android.

ubermeisters,
@ubermeisters@lemmy.world avatar

Confused why nobody has mentioned Brave Browser. Never had issues with speed or ads.

Yearly1845,

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    ubermeisters,
    @ubermeisters@lemmy.world avatar

    …because it’s got some dumb cryptocurrency bullshit? Or because of an actually legitimate reason otherwise? I would love if you expanded on that.

    IronKrill,

    Seconded. I love Firefox on desktop but the mobile UI drives me mad so I use Brave. It works really well and you can disable the Crypto garbage from the new tab page. It is the next best option after Firefox.

    SaltySalamander,
    @SaltySalamander@kbin.social avatar

    personalDNSFilter for whole phone adblocking.

    nooneescapesthelaw,

    Mullvad vpn has an ad blocking feature Although ive never tried it

    moldyringwald,

    It works really well actually! Windscribe has it too

    Skimmer,

    Firefox with uBlock Origin is by far the best option, the only other browser that comes close is Brave, their content blocking and such is pretty good, so I’d recommend trying them if you’re hellbent on not using FF. I’d also recommend looking into NextDNS for system-wide ad/tracker blocking in conjuction with the browser.

    Jimmycakes,

    Firefox is a bit slow because it’s busy blocking those ads and other garbage then figuring out how to make a web page with what little is leftover. You might be a bit slow if you can’t figure that out.

    IgnacioM, (edited )
    @IgnacioM@lemmy.ml avatar

    Im not very familiar with Opera but do you have the “Allow Acceptable Ads™” setting still on?

    Edit: I just used an ad block testing site with Allow Acceptable Ads turned off and tracker blocking and the score it got is about the same as firefox mobile with ublock

    matey,

    Where are you testing it?

    IgnacioM,
    @IgnacioM@lemmy.ml avatar

    d3ward.github.io/toolz/adblock.html

    Skimmer,

    That tool is pretty inaccurate, see here

    florge, (edited )

    If you don’t want firefox, Cromite is pretty good. Also if you need your vpn for other things, then the next best thing is a custom dns, I use nextdns which is customisable and blocks a fair amount of stuff.

    vaselined,

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