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		saint_yossarian on Oct 24, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NetGuard – rootless Android outbound per-app OSS f... NetGuard does ad-blocking with a DNS blacklist, but it's a Pro feature (which I use and works great).

flanbiscuit on Oct 24, 2024 [–]

On NetGuard's F-Droid page it lists "Optionally block ads using a hosts file" under its "features" section and not under its "PRO Features" section

Seems like I can get ad blocking for free.

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/eu.faircode.netguard/

https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard/blob/master/ADBLOCKING.md

saint_yossarian on Oct 25, 2024 | [–]

Oh you're probably right, it's been a while since I was on the free version :)

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