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But its incredibly easy to install system wide adblockers on Android. Just get adaway from f-droid.

• saagarjha 8y ago
  > its incredibly easy to install system wide adblockers on Android I wouldn't call acquiring root access so that I can install a adblocking app "incredibly easy".
  • e40 8y ago
    Blokada doesn't require root. Been using it for a while and it's fantastic.
    • saagarjha 8y ago
      …so it uses the VPN API, just like the apps that have been banned from the App Store/Play Store/Appstore. Adaway requires root because it modifies /etc/hosts.
      • JackCh 8y ago
        >"…so it uses the VPN API, just like the apps that have been banned from the App Store/Play Store/Appstore." Yes precisely. And that's not a problem because F-Droid doesn't ban these sort of things.