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Re:Block Ads in Apps on Android by Fnoord on Thursday February 21, 2019 @04:21AM (#19215623)
> It takes 3 clicks to disable adblocking for a particular site once ever. Click icon at top of window, click disable, click reload. This takes aprox 2 seconds once ever for each site. If you regularly use 7 sites that are annoying in this fashion you have invested 14 seconds.

Per browser/adblocker.

> If your mobile platform doesn't allow someone to release such software for your platform use a different mobile platform.

This isn't a feasible solution. Why not use DNS-based adblocking instead? It works for my Android TV...

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Re:Block Ads in Apps on Android by michaelmrose on Thursday February 21, 2019 @10:19PM (#19222832)
ublock origin can sync between machines meaning once ever for an entire range of devices.
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Re:Block Ads in Apps on Android by Fnoord on Friday February 22, 2019 @03:50AM (#19223967)
How does the sync work? What protocol?
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Re:Block Ads in Apps on Android by michaelmrose on Friday February 22, 2019 @01:56PM (#19228015)
Firefox optionally syncs a configurable list of things between installations. It uses firefox sync. All of this is opt in and encrypted so that mozilla can't read it.

https://hacks.mozilla.org/2018/11/firefox-sync-privacy/

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Re:Block Ads in Apps on Android by Fnoord on Friday February 22, 2019 @02:07PM (#19228117)
Cheers, I knew about Firefox Sync (I used Weave with Fennec on the N810 back in the days), I knew it syncs addons, but I did not know it syncs addon settings. I'm still unsure how it determines which settings to use.
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