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Ad-blocker that's not AdGuard (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Not really impressed with how the free AdGuard works for me, I'm interested in either free or paid app suggestions and I'd like to hear experiences from people who use them. Thank you!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I dont have a good alternative app, but if you have the hardware to spare, setting up a Pihole is a pretty simple affair. It works super well for blocking ads at the DNS level.

The upside is that it will work for everything on your network, with no extra app to install.

The downside is that without jumping through some hoops, it will only work when you're connected to your home network.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

As another downside, when I was using PiHole, I would get random things not working like random Xbox functions. You have to be really on top of the configuration to catch all the weird cases like that.

Ironically, switching to AdGuard DNS solved all that for me while providing the same network-level protection. And it works on my phone too. Shame OP isn't into it. I think it's an amazing product, especially considering the price (free FTW).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I think the OP was referring to the AdGuard app not the DNS.