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Looking for the best iOS ad blocker (self.ios_community)

submitted 4 months ago by MoonManKipper to c/ios_community

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I’m used to browsing the web on Firefox with ad blocking - works great. My experience of Safari with AdBlock Pro is much less good - many websites block access unless it’s disabled. I also used to have good results with Firefox on Android. Does anyone have better suggestions? Many thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Just use DNS blocking and a .mobileconfig file. It’s easier to block everything system-wide than trying finagle a bunch of browser plug-ins, especially on iOS.

[–] MoonManKipper 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Thanks - is there a DNS blocking app you recommend?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

I don’t use an app, I use a .mobileconfig profile to load a TLS DNS resolver system-wide. I run my own DNS resolver that blocks pretty much everything I want it to, but there are tons of services out there.

You can basically just take any example from this repository and modify it to work with your preferred resolver.

https://github.com/paulmillr/encrypted-dns