- Nov 8, 2016
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I'm testing some DNS services to block ads on my android (so i don't need a dedicated adblock app). Adguard and OpenDNS seems to do the job.
Do you know which one is better?
Do you know which one is better?
Please provide comments and solutions that are helpful to the author of this topic.
Yes, you can add the filter to block ads.Are you sure that OpenDNS can block ads?
I was under the impression that it is mostly a security DNS provider, blocking only malicious URL's.
I had no idea about that. Can you point me to more information?Edit: Do not forget that if you use a Chromium based browser on Android they circumvent private DNS settings.
I think the same but OpenDNS has servers in my country while Adguard doesn't. So my first idea was to kept with OPENDNS... I looked around about some info comparingg both but i couldn't find any. That's whyI'mm questioning it.But I would go for the safe bet which is Adguard (more specialized towards ads + trackers).
Adguard does not have its own servers, it routes via 3rd party servers, it actually uses opendns servers as well.I think the same but OpenDNS has servers in my country while Adguard doesn't.
Striktly speaking, it's off-topic, but I agree. And in reply to silversurfer, in NextDNS you can activate several Adguard filter lists.I recommend NextDNS
Really sorry for the late reply, I was afk for a while. Check the below link for more info:I had no idea about that. Can you point me to more information?
I think the same but OpenDNS has servers in my country while Adguard doesn't. So my first idea was to kept with OPENDNS... I looked around about some info comparingg both but i couldn't find any. That's whyI'mm questioning it.
The xda link is from early 2018. I don't think it's still relevantCheck the below link for more info:
ahadns.com or nextdns.io - good options too for ads blocking. The first in my opinion in terms of privacy can be better than Adguard, and the second is incredibly convenient in the setting.
Adguard does not have its own servers, it routes via 3rd party servers, it actually uses opendns servers as well.
Really sorry for the late reply, I was afk for a while. Check the below link for more info:
DNS-based Ad Blockers are broken on latest Chrome versions, so here's a fix
Google Chrome recently was updated to support asynchronous DNS, which has a side effect of breaking DNS-based ad blockers. See here for a fix.www.xda-developers.com
Ty for answering. My early tests seem to point that too.There's no comparison here. OpenDNS' ad filtering is quite limited.
NextDNS is by default free until 300k queries/ month. After that, filtering is disabled but DNS still works. Normal user doesn't hit that number.tested NextDNS and love it. Great configs, privacy, latency. But it's paid (the free version is limited) and it requires dynamic DNS (DDNS) to work properly without using their own apps. As far as i know i would have to constantly vinculante my ip to the account or use their app to keep my own configs.
Because it's not needed with Android 9+ or up2date iOS.Why no dedicated App
You can whitelist. At least in NextDNS. In my case rarely needed.DNS level adblocking tends to cause more problems than solutions, sometimes XYZ service/app doesn't works and you don't know why and it turns out it works with an unfiltered DNS provider.
This is true for any kind of blockingDNS level adblocking tends to cause more problems than solutions, sometimes XYZ service/app doesn't works and you don't know why and it turns out it works with an unfiltered DNS provider.