Adguard? I’m using it for years and rarely see ads. It is not as cool as a vpn/firewall (like they do it on android, slow, battery eating and disallows other vpn) but it solves 95% of the problem.

> On Apple: good luck :) (or feel free to write a tip for others -that use apple- see.

Lockdown Firewall.

With that I can have a nice, midrange phone like my XR that blocks ads and opens the camera when I click the camera button - not 2,3 seconds later when the fun is gone.

You are welcome, have a nice day.

FWIW I was an Android user from HTC Hero until late last year. I cannot stand Mac, but on phones my midrange iPhone beats all the flagship Android phones I used over the years.