Sorry for the poor quality / lack of screenshot, this is from my work computer which I isolate from my personal devices, so I just took a picture.
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To all you uBlock Origin fans: Any reason why nobody ever recommend AdGuard over uBlock Origin? Anything questionable about it? Or is it just that uBlock is well-known?
Isn't AdGuard just DNS? That means it blocks ads from everywhere, not just the browser. But you can't customise the blocklist unless you selfhost it.
If there's a web extension too, then idk. If you use say, Firefox for Android, then you don't have much choice besides uBlock, and with... Hm, other mobile browsers you don't have any at all.
It isn't "just" DNS level blocking, no. They have an adblocker for browsers, too. uBlock is using their filters.
Some have built-in adblockers (ex: Brave, DDG), others support extensions (ex: Safari, Orion).