What is the state of rootless ad blockers for Android?

TwinTurbo@lemmy.world to Android@lemdro.id – 125 points –

Several years ago, I used Blockada, which was frequently recommended. According to some discussion threads, it seems to have fallen from grace.

What ad blocker that doesn't require root do you use? What's your experience with it? Would you recommend it?

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Easily the best option, works so well and you can still use your own VPN as and when required.

Plus it's free under 300k queries a month. I've been using it for years and never hit my limit. I should pay for it though, it's not expensive and I've gotten a lot of value out of it.

Yeah I have a pihole at home, but considered paying and then setting it up on my whole network. Not sure.

I considered setting up a pi hole or something similar, but worry about the bus situation and my family. I figure NextDNS would be easier to maintain or remove than added hardware.

Bus situation?

If I get hit by a bus, who will maintain it? Comes from working in IT and not having one person be the sole person with the knowledge of something. Also called the lotto situation. What happens if they win the lotto and bounce?

Very very good point.

I've basically told my SO to turn my server off and plug the ISP provided router in lol

Same with me. After I've read you comment i bought the subscription. This service is so worth to me.

I am looking at installing some custom firmware in my router that will do DNS over https and setting NextDNS for my whole house. I'll definitely need to pay for it then.