Ad Blockers
Toolsโ
- I have a Pi-hole for my whole network; all DNS runs through it and blocks ads at a DNS-level.
- For browsers, I use uBlock Origin with
some extra blocklists I maintain.
- Related: Blocklists
- Googleโs Manifest v3 will render pretty much ad blocker useless. As such, Chrome should be avoided. Use Firefox instead; Mozilla has committed to maintaining the old API that Chrome will deprecate
- For YouTube on smart TVs, I use SmartTubeNext.
- For YouTube on Android devices, Vanced was the gold standard, but got Cease-And-Desistโed. ReVanced is working to create an alternative, but is not released as of yet.
- I use
DuckDuckGoโs App Tracking Protection
for my Android device
- Download and install the app, go to
Settings --> App Tracking Protection
to enable.
- Download and install the app, go to