RandallFlagg@lemmy.world to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhat are some useful apps that are only found on F-Droid?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10
arrow-up115arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some useful apps that are only found on F-Droid?RandallFlagg@lemmy.world to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareinfeeeee@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAdaway is an open source ad blocker for Android using the hosts file.
minus-squarebug@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoFYI you don’t need apps that pretend to be a VPN to block ads anymore, you can just go to Settings > Network and Internet > Private DNS and set it to something like dns.adguard.com to block almost all ads, no install required!
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year ago something like dns.adguard.com What other options are there?
minus-squareGreenbubbleb0ylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agowhat about apps that detect adblockers, will this bypass them or do they just not let you view their content?
minus-squarebug@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI’ve never seen an issue, so it either works or I don’t have any apps like that. Try it out, it’s pretty quick to check!
Adaway is an open source ad blocker for Android using the hosts file.
FYI you don’t need apps that pretend to be a VPN to block ads anymore, you can just go to
Settings > Network and Internet > Private DNSand set it to something likedns.adguard.comto block almost all ads, no install required!What other options are there?
several
what about apps that detect adblockers, will this bypass them or do they just not let you view their content?
I’ve never seen an issue, so it either works or I don’t have any apps like that. Try it out, it’s pretty quick to check!