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Nice! Yeah, I use LibreWolf too and never saw them. I started using the mobile app recently which didn't block ads though. I found them a bit annoying because the mobile app is very unoptimised atm, so the ads being there just made things worse.
The way they worked previously was that they would appear in the apps interface. They wouldn't play within the video's themselves, and a small advertisement would pop up at the bottom of the screen which you could cross-off manually.
Good on you. I plan to pay for Mullvad VPN too when I can afford it again; with Monero too. Didn't know it had an internal ad-blocker for mobile though, that's awesome.
If you connect with openvpn you can add their custom adblocking dns to config and block everything on pc too, better yet, install openwrt on your router and install mullvad on it though openvpn with their custom dns server, they have in app adblocker too, if you use mullvad app
I had plans to use Quad9 on my router when I get home WiFi back, and using Mullvad DNS on my Android phone, which Mullvad also blocks app trackers.
With the setup you're suggesting, does this make the VPN be "built-in" to the router and extend the VPN service to all devices connected to it?
Yes, you can install vpn to router however, i did not tried yet, I've tried to share calyx vpn and it refused to, but i think with mullvad it's going to be okay since they have official guides how to https://mullvad.net/en/help/openwrt-routers-and-mullvad-vpn , I'm in the process of modding my router right now so it's going to take some time before i can test it, it have 18.04 version of openwrt and but compiled recent version, also ram and rom chips got to be upgraded to use it properly, today i upgraded ram, but for rom chip, i gotta read memory dump and write it to new chip so I'll do that later
Thanks for all your suggestions mate. I'm going to favourite your comment so I can come back to it at some point to remind myself to look into them.
Edit: Hold on, why did you delete your comment that I replied "Good on you" to? I can't remember what it said now. All I know about it is that you said you pay for Mullvad VPN with Monero, and that that it had an adblocker.
Thank you mate
It got downvoted to hell for some reason, in that comment i wrote, yes, that i bought mullvad with monero and it has internal adblocker, their internal dns to be precise. Edit: i can send you dm about my progress with router modding when it'll be done if you're interested
Thanks. It was probably because you said you used a cryptocurrency, and "You use crypto; crypto bad". I got a down-vote too, probably for the same reason of saying I wanted to pay with Monero.
Yeah probably, thank you for replying,i flashed openwrt to one of my routers today, in this weekend I'm gonna install mullvad on it, will send you pm about how it worked out
Cool, thanks.