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uBlock origin in the browser. PiHole at home. NextDNS mobile. I’ll concede it’s an infinite game of Whac-A-Mole, but a game I’m willing to play

by asix66 2y ago

metadat 2y ago
Doesn't work at all for the most dominant browsers -- mobile, unless you're one of those folks who never leaves the borders of home base and pups their own custom router (like opnsense, I do this but its a pain to set up and maintain, quite niche). If only there were a popular browser that makes uBlock Origin brain dead simple.. it ain't Firefox, Safari, or Brave, of this you can be certain.
- sundvor 2y ago
  I didn't see any ads myself. Samsung Internet on my S21 Ultra (16gb) - a couple of their ad blockers installed. Absolutely love it.
  - metadat 2y ago
    That's cool, what browser?
    - sundvor 2y ago
      Samsung Internet :-) It's the default browser for Samsung phones.
- jfim 2y ago
  What I've done in the past was to set up a wireguard VPN that also has pihole installed.
  - metadat 2y ago
    Great, except it will burn your battery on mobile.
    - livueta 2y ago
      I don't find that to be the case with wg - have actually tested this and found a ~1-2% difference in battery consumption over a full charge, all on lte (pixel 8, graphene). Openvpn, though - yeah.
      - metadat 2y ago
        Hmm, I wonder if graphene is different than stock Android. This doesn't jive with my experience, sadly (tailscale).
        livueta 2y ago
        Definitely possible. Now I want to dig out a stock Android phone and retest. Aiui tailscale shouldn't introduce much if any load over wg, but I also wonder if you'd have different results with standalone wg.
- alex_c 2y ago
  BlockBear on iOS works well enough.
- cuu508 2y ago
  uBlock Origin works on Firefox mobile.
  - bornfreddy 2y ago
    Can confirm. No ads for me on this site either.
neom 2y ago
https://sponsor.ajay.app/ https://sponsor.ajay.app/ also, can't believe I didn't discover it earlier. Youtube Premium is the only subscription I pay for media wise, and it's fantastic.
PhilipRoman 2y ago
Brave works great on both desktop and mobile. I have to add an exception to the ad blocker roughly once a month. I guess DNS blocking may be needed if you use spyware programs outside the browser, which I don't.

uBlock origin in the browser. PiHole at home. NextDNS mobile. I’ll concede it’s an infinite game of Whac-A-Mole, but a game I’m willing to play

by asix66 2y ago

uBlock origin in the browser. PiHole at home. NextDNS mobile. I’ll concede it’s an infinite game of Whac-A-Mole, but a game I’m willing to play

metadat 2y ago

Doesn't work at all for the most dominant browsers -- mobile, unless you're one of those folks who never leaves the borders of home base and pups their own custom router (like opnsense, I do this but its a pain to set up and maintain, quite niche). If only there were a popular browser that makes uBlock Origin brain dead simple.. it ain't Firefox, Safari, or Brave, of this you can be certain.

sundvor 2y ago
I didn't see any ads myself. Samsung Internet on my S21 Ultra (16gb) - a couple of their ad blockers installed. Absolutely love it.
- metadat 2y ago
  That's cool, what browser?
  - sundvor 2y ago
    Samsung Internet :-) It's the default browser for Samsung phones.
jfim 2y ago
What I've done in the past was to set up a wireguard VPN that also has pihole installed.
- metadat 2y ago
  Great, except it will burn your battery on mobile.
  - livueta 2y ago
    I don't find that to be the case with wg - have actually tested this and found a ~1-2% difference in battery consumption over a full charge, all on lte (pixel 8, graphene). Openvpn, though - yeah.
    - metadat 2y ago
      Hmm, I wonder if graphene is different than stock Android. This doesn't jive with my experience, sadly (tailscale).
      - livueta 2y ago
        Definitely possible. Now I want to dig out a stock Android phone and retest. Aiui tailscale shouldn't introduce much if any load over wg, but I also wonder if you'd have different results with standalone wg.
alex_c 2y ago
BlockBear on iOS works well enough.
cuu508 2y ago
uBlock Origin works on Firefox mobile.
- bornfreddy 2y ago
  Can confirm. No ads for me on this site either.

neom 2y ago

https://sponsor.ajay.app/ https://sponsor.ajay.app/ also, can't believe I didn't discover it earlier. Youtube Premium is the only subscription I pay for media wise, and it's fantastic.

PhilipRoman 2y ago

Brave works great on both desktop and mobile. I have to add an exception to the ad blocker roughly once a month. I guess DNS blocking may be needed if you use spyware programs outside the browser, which I don't.