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Re:Chrome extension manifest v3 proposal: comment from uBloc... by ignoramous on Thursday May 30, 2019 @09:45AM (#20051049)
Most people don't realise this, but on Android, setting private-dns [0] or using local VPN apps like blockada / dns66 or intra+nextdns [1] / intra+adguard-dns [2] would block ads even within apps, provided they aren't doing their own name resolution [3]. It allows one to use Chrome for websites that don't work well or at all with Firefox+plugins; in addition to helping bypass censorship.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19208004

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20012687

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18788410

[3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19258717

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Re:Chrome extension manifest v3 proposal: comment from uBloc... by StavrosK on Thursday May 30, 2019 @09:50AM (#20051099)
I use those but don't like prefer them over uBlock, as the former approach is a bit more heavy-handed.
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Re:Chrome extension manifest v3 proposal: comment from uBloc... by Twirrim on Thursday May 30, 2019 @01:35PM (#20053777)
In my experience they slow down browsing quite significantly, almost down to 2G speeds (may be a quirk of the Oxygen OS?) Thankfully Firefox Mobile with uBlock works fine.
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Re:Chrome extension manifest v3 proposal: comment from uBloc... by Demiurge on Thursday May 30, 2019 @10:32AM (#20051503)
blockada is an amazing utility. I've missed it after going back to iPhone.
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Re:Chrome extension manifest v3 proposal: comment from uBloc... by ignoramous on Thursday May 30, 2019 @10:45AM (#20051688)
Not that its a deal breaker: Blockada doesn't yet do DoH, which limits its abilities to circumvent censorship.
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