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I use NextDNS, works pretty well.

Any recommendations on the block list(s) to use? I just realized I totally missed this config in NextDNS so cheers for clueing me in

To start with:

someonewhocares

Dan Pollock’s list

All the Fanboy blocking lists

Any “annoyances” list you’re interested in

Does this block ads in apps?

It looks like I may have not had to jailbreak after all. I assumed it was a necessary prerequisite.

Yes. I only still see ads in the YouTube app (stopped using YT on my phone for that reason), and some websites that do some clever ads reinjection after the page ha aliases still have ads too (but that’s really a minority of websites and they’re not very good anyway son or using them much)

Otherwise it blocks all ads in every other app (especially free to play games that are unusable with ads)

Nextdns will also work on your tv and block all ads (hello Samsung) and telemetry too (there is a smarttv block list you can select at the end of the choices on nextdns)

Yes, it’s great and works across all apps. You have to setup an account on the website, then choose filters just like you would with uBlock Origin. Then you enter your configuration code in the app (to connect to the right settings). The filters get applied to every DNS request.

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