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What's the consensus on AdGuard? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've been using AdGuard's DNS resolver on my Android phone for a couple of months, and I'm pretty satisfied with it.

The idea is that it filters out ad networks at the DNS level, so there is no need to root the phone (nor to install any app). You just put dns.adguard-dns.com in your "private DNS" settings and that's it.

Recently, though, I've seen a couple of people around here mentioning how Adguard is not trustworthy, or "kinda shady". What's your take on them? Their privacy policy seems OK to me, but I'd be interested to know more about them.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I have no idea if adGuard is trustworthy or not, I personally use adAway which is open source and under a GPLv3 license. Perfectly satisfied with it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I was using AdAway before switching to Adguard. I loved it, but my problem with it was that it kept disconnecting randomly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Huh, that's my complaint with the latest AdGuard - now it seems to just... go away... on my phone pretty frequently. The older version didn't ever stop unless I stopped it. I paid for a lifetime on my current phone, but when I get a new one I'll be checking out the free options before paying yearly for AdGuard.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

@svamp @ominouslemon Have you ever had a problem with that app? I used adGuard and didn't like it very much and always wanted to try adAway.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I have never had a problem with adAway, worth it to mention is that I have never tried any other adblocking services on my andriod.

Edit: some news app that I use serve their ads threw the same domain as their news so that is, at least for me, hard to block.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I used to use it and I loved it. Lately it started disconnecting itself randomly, and that's why I've switched to Adguard's DNS resolver, because reconnecting manually every time was annoying.

In any case you should try it, it's free and maybe the problem was with my own device.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I've been using the rooted version for maybe 5 years now and never had a problem with it