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Alternatives to AdAway (github.com)

submitted 3 days ago by akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I have been using the hosts file based ad blocker AdAway for at least two years. It runs on my smartphones and tablet, all rooted, thus I can run a VPN simultaneously. Since it has always worked flawlessly, I never really took the time to compare it to other similar apps.

But as of today, there hasn't been an update since 2024.

I am asking for alternatives and the reason you think they're better.

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[–] akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Interesting! And thank you! I already see a hosts file under /system/etc/, for now only containing localhost. Could I not just edit this file and be done? I know too little about how Android works...

If I do need to mount /system, can I not do it from the stock recovery? I think I saw a "mount system partition" in there the other day.

[–] potatoguy@mbin.potato-guy.space 3 points 3 days ago

I know too little about how Android works...

Yeah, this is a more advanced thing, I think the other methods described on the post are better, if you don't have a custom recovery AND custom rom. If the device is locked or have the stock rom, it might not boot, because of the signature checking on the image.