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Re:Tech-savvy audiences block Google Analytics by lambdaba on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @04:42AM (#28365341)
On Android I use personaldnsfilter (https://f-droid.org/en/packages/dnsfilter.android/), which creates a local VPN, there are also actual VPN apps that allow blocking ad hosts, and you can also use AdGuard DNS directly.
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Re:Tech-savvy audiences block Google Analytics by azalemeth on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @05:12AM (#28365552)
Out of curiosity, what does this bring you over hosts file blocking, and how much does it affect battery life? I use dead-simple modifications to /etc/hosts and it seems to be remarkably good. Do you MITM yourself for further adblocking, or just use it for the modified DNS?
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Re:Tech-savvy audiences block Google Analytics by lambdaba on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @05:23AM (#28365626)
My phone is not rooted, and I just switched to nextdns.io on suggestion of another commenter here. I can't say about the phone battery, but I don't think it makes a big difference.
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