This is working less and less in my experience. Most people are serving ads through the same domain they server content from so the Pihole can’t figure out what’s an ad and what’s content so it lets it all through
Even when it does work you can end up with an empty box where the ad should be, still covering content, still with an infinitesimally small X to close the empty box.
I think part of the problem is a lot of these free games give you bonuses for watching ads. Then the ads they show are awful. And once you watch one ad, it downloads all the ads for when they can’t load.
I think the only real answer is to have some willpower and don’t play the games with awful ads.
Pihole on your network will block those. I use apps and games on my phone and then leave my house and get surprised at how many ads I didn’t know where there.
Look into setting up WireGuard or tailscale depending on what you have available to you. I’m always on my home network, blocking ads, thanks to my own VPN.
I don’t have any app with embedded ads on my phone. All my apps is FOSS except banking apps. And when I didn’t know about the existence of F-droid, I just downloaded patched apks with disabled ads or patched apps by myself using luckypatcher.
Kill_John_Lennon@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I don’t suppose it can block ads embedded in my mobile apps, which is where I encounter all of these?
Plastic_Ramses@lemmy.world 3 months ago
No, the only answer there is to connect to a local netowkr attached to a pihole or something similiar.
residentmarchant@lemmy.world 3 months ago
This is working less and less in my experience. Most people are serving ads through the same domain they server content from so the Pihole can’t figure out what’s an ad and what’s content so it lets it all through
Still works for certain apps/websites, though
villainy@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Even when it does work you can end up with an empty box where the ad should be, still covering content, still with an infinitesimally small X to close the empty box.
danc4498@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I think part of the problem is a lot of these free games give you bonuses for watching ads. Then the ads they show are awful. And once you watch one ad, it downloads all the ads for when they can’t load.
I think the only real answer is to have some willpower and don’t play the games with awful ads.
Zekas@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Actually yes, if you use Firefox for android which supports uBlock.
TxzK@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
AdAway
basxto@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
Internal VPN is the way.
kratoz29@lemm.ee 3 months ago
I do both (Pihole in the house and AdAway root mode in my phone, also VPNs pointing to the Pihole in case I use it outside).
PhAzE@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Pihole on your network will block those. I use apps and games on my phone and then leave my house and get surprised at how many ads I didn’t know where there.
AtmaJnana@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I use a VPN back to my LAN, so my phone always uses my pihole for DNS.
Lesrid@lemm.ee 3 months ago
I host my pihole through Google because it makes me feel rebellious
Moderator@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Look into setting up WireGuard or tailscale depending on what you have available to you. I’m always on my home network, blocking ads, thanks to my own VPN.
PhAzE@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Yea, I’ve got wireguard setup if needed for remote blocking.
michael_palmer@lemmy.sdf.org 3 months ago
I don’t have any app with embedded ads on my phone. All my apps is FOSS except banking apps. And when I didn’t know about the existence of F-droid, I just downloaded patched apks with disabled ads or patched apps by myself using luckypatcher.
Elliot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
Maybe try rethink dns ? Idk if it works for sure tho.