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Note that the 0% for Android is because Google banned ad blockers on the Play Store.

by twhb 7y ago

ben0x539 7y ago
I'm confused, on my stock Android phone, I use Firefox with ublock origin. So the Play Store blocking ad blockers cannot be that effective?
zizee 7y ago
Try Firefox mobile with ublock origin. I wish more Android users knew about this. Sidenote: ads on sites degrade the experience so badly, whenever I browse without adblock I am honestly shocked at how bad it is, and I am amazed others don't seem to care.
toastal 7y ago
Root users like myself use tools like AdAway to managing hosts blocking. This will help cover a lot of ads in apps as well. You also have alternative WebView implementations like Bromite (although I wish it were easier to install and worked on Android 10) that can give you ad blocking in apps using web views too. This is also missing the part where you can run Android without the Play Store using microG and F-Droid + Aurora. It's not a huge number, but there are still a lot of people blocking ads in one form or another--even if it's as simple as using Firefox or Brave for basic browsing.
- kiki_jiki 7y ago
  You don't even need root, you can have an ad blocker as VPN (AdGuard, Blokada).
  - toastal 7y ago
    True! Do those work while simultaneously actually using a VPN?
system2 7y ago
I am certain many jailbroken androids are out there using adblockers. Firefox also has plugins internally blocking ads. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/adblock-plus/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/adblock-plus/
- kludgekraft 7y ago
  Please take a look at Blokada: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.blokada.alarm/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.blokada.alarm/ You'll have to get it from the F-Droid app store, but this doesn't require a rooted phone. It uses a local VPN to block ads at the network level, hence no ads in your apps as well I've been using this for a month and it works wonderfully
- bmn__ 7y ago
  You are doing HN readers a disservice by recommending ABP! It is mafia software. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17639624 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17639624 https://medium.com/@trybravery/please-stop-using-adblock-but-not-why-you-think-13280e76c8e7 https://medium.com/@trybravery/please-stop-using-adblock-but... https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mobilegeeks.de%2Fadblock-plus-undercover-einblicke-in-ein-mafioeses-werbenetzwerk%2F https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https... Recommend uBlock Origin instead. "Free. Open source. For users by users. No donations sought." https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#installation https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#installation
l33tman 7y ago
On the Samsung Galaxy you just install Samsung Internet and from within it you can add AdBlock Plus (and most of the other adblockers). They are delivered through Samsung's apk store. It saved the mobile surfing experience for me (was using chrome on the mobile before)..
- marcosdumay 7y ago
  So, is this why Google keeps complaining about Samsung's bloatware? Because I don't think the amount of bloat on their phones is even unusual. Yet, Google keeps singling them out.
xorzarle 7y ago
DNS66 from F-Droid works well. It routes all web traffic through a tunnel applying hosts file(s) to block domains associated with ads and other dodgy cruft.

Note that the 0% for Android is because Google banned ad blockers on the Play Store.

by twhb 7y ago

Note that the 0% for Android is because Google banned ad blockers on the Play Store.

I'm confused, on my stock Android phone, I use Firefox with ublock origin. So the Play Store blocking ad blockers cannot be that effective?

zizee 7y ago

Try Firefox mobile with ublock origin. I wish more Android users knew about this. Sidenote: ads on sites degrade the experience so badly, whenever I browse without adblock I am honestly shocked at how bad it is, and I am amazed others don't seem to care.

toastal 7y ago

Root users like myself use tools like AdAway to managing hosts blocking. This will help cover a lot of ads in apps as well. You also have alternative WebView implementations like Bromite (although I wish it were easier to install and worked on Android 10) that can give you ad blocking in apps using web views too. This is also missing the part where you can run Android without the Play Store using microG and F-Droid + Aurora. It's not a huge number, but there are still a lot of people blocking ads in one form or another--even if it's as simple as using Firefox or Brave for basic browsing.

kiki_jiki 7y ago
You don't even need root, you can have an ad blocker as VPN (AdGuard, Blokada).
- toastal 7y ago
  True! Do those work while simultaneously actually using a VPN?

system2 7y ago

I am certain many jailbroken androids are out there using adblockers. Firefox also has plugins internally blocking ads. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/adblock-plus/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/adblock-plus/

kludgekraft 7y ago
Please take a look at Blokada: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.blokada.alarm/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.blokada.alarm/ You'll have to get it from the F-Droid app store, but this doesn't require a rooted phone. It uses a local VPN to block ads at the network level, hence no ads in your apps as well I've been using this for a month and it works wonderfully
bmn__ 7y ago
You are doing HN readers a disservice by recommending ABP! It is mafia software. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17639624 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17639624 https://medium.com/@trybravery/please-stop-using-adblock-but-not-why-you-think-13280e76c8e7 https://medium.com/@trybravery/please-stop-using-adblock-but... https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mobilegeeks.de%2Fadblock-plus-undercover-einblicke-in-ein-mafioeses-werbenetzwerk%2F https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=https... Recommend uBlock Origin instead. "Free. Open source. For users by users. No donations sought." https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#installation https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#installation

l33tman 7y ago

On the Samsung Galaxy you just install Samsung Internet and from within it you can add AdBlock Plus (and most of the other adblockers). They are delivered through Samsung's apk store. It saved the mobile surfing experience for me (was using chrome on the mobile before)..

marcosdumay 7y ago
So, is this why Google keeps complaining about Samsung's bloatware? Because I don't think the amount of bloat on their phones is even unusual. Yet, Google keeps singling them out.

xorzarle 7y ago

DNS66 from F-Droid works well. It routes all web traffic through a tunnel applying hosts file(s) to block domains associated with ads and other dodgy cruft.