What is your must have open source application available on fdroid?

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Gotta be AdAway this thing is a must especially for root users

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What does AdAway do differently for root users?

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AdAway for rooted devices allows you to modify you hosts file directly. This means that AdAway doesn’t have to be constantly running in the background to block ads. It modifies the file then closes.

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I recently switched to AdAway from AdGuard. More ads seem to get through in apps, but combined with unlock in Firefox websites are completely clean.

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Were you using the Adguard app or the DNS’s?

I usually use AdAway with root and with my pihole at home (and outside home with VPN) and I barely see any ads, although I haven’t tested with Android apps.

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Looks cool! Can anyone weigh in on how similar this is to DDG’s tracking blocker feature? Is it the same but open source?

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Its basically just a host file. It pulls in a huge file with all the ad domains and whenever your phone tries to connect to one it gets ignored. Therefore it also works for ads in apps.

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It also (usually) manages to hide the space where the ad would be.

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I will be giving that a try. Thanks for the info.

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Does DDG allow you to import lists? Does it have a VPN-less mode? Can it work system wide?

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