I saw there was a thread about ad blocking on android but I was wondering the best methods for ad blocking that cover the entire phone if possible like in app ads and such as well.
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Why limit yourself to just your phone, use a pi-hole and block ads for your whole network.
And when I’m out, I have a vpn running on the phone back to my home network and block ads on 4g/5g as well
It’s DNS based ad blocking, isn’t it? If so, it doesn’t help with all kinds of ads.
YouTube still slips through the net unfortunately.
Yes, because their ads are served on the same server (googlevideo.com iirc) as the actual videos. Blocking that domain would block the videos too.
Overkill
Use either NextDNS or adguard. They are DNS-level ad blockers, so a quick configuration of your DNS settings and ur good to go.
Some VPNs have options for adblocking (dns based)
Proton VPN does block ads in apps. You’ll need to pay for the ad blocking though.
HyperWeb safari extension
Lockdown is a blacklist style “vpn” that is run on your device and will help with ads and tracking when browsing and in games. For YouTube, I go about sideloading uyou plus which covers any ads and similar issues within YouTube itself.
https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/lockdown-privacy-vpn-proxy/id1469783711
Wipr for Safari Web Video Cast for any movie sites (it for cast to chrome cast but it working very well for in-app mode) Pi-hole for dns blocker on wifi Nextdns for cellular (excluded home wifi)
deleted app like youtube then use it in safari, never see any ads since then
