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Re:Gambling and Adult content DNS blocking using Mullvad VPN by notRobot on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @08:52AM (#32081916)
On Android, the NextDNS app registers itself as a VPN, so you can't use it simultaneously with, say, Mullvad.

The custom DNS option in Android's network settings rarely seems to work in my experience, but I haven't tried in a couple years.

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Re:Gambling and Adult content DNS blocking using Mullvad VPN by onlyusername on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @10:26AM (#32083218)
>On Android, the NextDNS app registers itself as a VPN

It does this for macOS and iOS too, which has caused issues when both were trying to set the DNS on the machines.

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Re:Gambling and Adult content DNS blocking using Mullvad VPN by whatsthatabout on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @10:57AM (#32083601)
This is particularly unlucky for macOS if you want to use a application-firewall like "Little Snitch" - since Apple removed kernelextensions on macOS (which LittleSnitch and others used before) they now have to also fake a VPN. Because of this, you cannot use a custom DNS and Little Snitch. [1]

[1]:https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardDNS/issues/214

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Re:Gambling and Adult content DNS blocking using Mullvad VPN by sha-3 on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @09:40AM (#32082569)
It has almost always worked on my devices though.
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Re:Gambling and Adult content DNS blocking using Mullvad VPN by zinekeller on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @10:21AM (#32083136)
If you're only using Pixels, don't underestimate how bad OEMs can screw up their version of Android.
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