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Without disagreeing that folks would want an all-in-one solution, a potential alternative is to use a service like https://nextdns.io/ in addition to your VPN.

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On Android, the NextDNS app registers itself as a VPN, so you can't use it simultaneously with, say, Mullvad.

The custom DNS option in Android's network settings rarely seems to work in my experience, but I haven't tried in a couple years.

It has almost always worked on my devices though.

If you're only using Pixels, don't underestimate how bad OEMs can screw up their version of Android.

>On Android, the NextDNS app registers itself as a VPN

It does this for macOS and iOS too, which has caused issues when both were trying to set the DNS on the machines.

This is particularly unlucky for macOS if you want to use a application-firewall like "Little Snitch" - since Apple removed kernelextensions on macOS (which LittleSnitch and others used before) they now have to also fake a VPN. Because of this, you cannot use a custom DNS and Little Snitch. [1]

[1]:https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardDNS/issues/214

Upvote for NextDNS. Their platform has been a game changer for me on all devices/computers and really enjoy the granularity of filtering. Happy customer here!

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