Google cracks down on VPN based adblockers

Re:Google cracks down on VPN based adblockers by L3viathan on Monday August 29, 2022 @08:50AM (#32637535)

I'm in the same boat.

I recently had to upgrade my phone, and oh boy is is annoying to get root working with Google Pay and my banking app. It still works, but it took me a few hours(!).

I'm seriously considering switching to iOS for my next phone.

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Re:Google cracks down on VPN based adblockers by infinityplus1 on Monday August 29, 2022 @09:47AM (#32638185)

To solve the banking apps problem with root:

1. Root your phone 2. Install Adaway and update hosts 3. Unroot your phone.

It just takes a system restart to unroot. Then all banking apps work fine. If I need root again, I can just flash Magisc zip file again. Easy enough.

But nowadays just setting up adguard's DNS in Android's private DNS settings is enough to get Adaway like effect without root.

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Re:Google cracks down on VPN based adblockers by suprjami on Monday August 29, 2022 @04:29PM (#32643132)

If you're just doing a single file, I've always thought it would be better to just use adb.

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Re:Google cracks down on VPN based adblockers by flosstop on Monday August 29, 2022 @09:08AM (#32637721)

Sorry to disappoint but it you feel it is necessary to root an Android phone to get an acceptable experience wait until you experience iOS

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