Advice Request Alternate DNS experience

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Soulbound

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When we speak about DNS services, the top ones are usually, Google DNS, Open DNS, Cloudflare DNS, Quad 9 DNS and Alternate DNS.

I have used in the past Alternate DNS on my Android devices when I wasn't using a rooted setup and it felt a bit faster than Adguard DNS and it seemed to block most ads. After acquiring a new device, I am yet to set up a DNS.

Have any MT users tried Alternate DNS and if so whats your experience?

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When we speak about DNS services, the top ones are usually, Google DNS, Open DNS, Cloudflare DNS, Quad 9 DNS and Alternate DNS.

I have used in the past Alternate DNS on my Android devices when I wasn't using a rooted setup and it felt a bit faster than Adguard DNS and it seemed to block most ads. After acquiring a new device, I am yet to set up a DNS.

Have any MT users tried Alternate DNS and if so whats your experience?

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I used Alternate DNS in the past for a few months and I was really like it
Unfortunately, 1 day, it stopped all of my connections and required a subscription to continue the service :cry: They don't mention anything about this trial thingie on their website or my searching skill is not good enough
A sad ending to a love story

you may try NextDNS. If don't know if it's good in your area. You can change a few settings like custom blocklist in its dashboard similarly to adguard for desktop

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NextDNS for me is not fully usable due to the amount of queries per month and the main issue is adding filter lists will not hide empty fields:



Can NextDNS hide black spaces used by blocked ads?

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Unfortunately, this is not doable at the DNS level. You need a browser extension like uBlock Origin for that.
 
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NextDNS for me is not fully usable due to the amount of queries per month and the main issue is adding filter lists will not hide empty fields:



Can NextDNS hide black spaces used by blocked ads?

Written by NextDNS Team
Updated over a week ago
Unfortunately, this is not doable at the DNS level. You need a browser extension like uBlock Origin for that.
Or use Adguard Desktop (on system level) only with cosmetic filters such as Nano placeholder-buster.
Edit:
If larger filterlists are not a problem for you then I recommend Adguard annoyances.
 
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