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F-droid -> dns66
DNS blocking isn't proper ad blocking but it's certainly better than nothing!
Can you elaborate a bit more on that? DNS blocking stops the ads from downloading, so it is saving network bandwidth & preserving privacy. Did I miss something?
Well, not about the DNS blocking, that's absolutely great but it can only block on a domain basis so ads from the same domain aka first party ads (E.g. Youtube ads) can't be blocked using it.
Ah, that makes sense. Thank you!