Nebulo VS google-analytics-proxy

Yes the standard mode is a VPN. The app also offers a non-vpn mode that works best if you are root. Alternatively, you can piggy back it with a firewall app, but those will use the VPN api too. I have not tested it in that mode. FAQ

https://github.com/ch4t4r/Nebulo can run in proxy (localhost) mode.

Check it out https://github.com/Ch4t4r/Nebulo

DNS66, unfortunately, leaks DNS over TCP (which many spyware SDKs like InMobi / Gamooga use) and (iirc) it also lacks encryption which apps like personalDNSFilter, Nebulo implement.

Blokada remains a credible adblocker, but it isn't water tight, nor do I (and others I have spoken to, like the developers of Nebulo, personalDNSFilter, and DNS66) get the feeling the developers really get digital security or privacy.

Or nebulo for android, quad9, then blocklist.

Blokada is pretty decent at what it does, but there absolutely are better alternatives, https://github.com/ch4t4r/Nebulo is one.

For the above reasons, https://github.com/ch4t4r/Nebulo is a better app, privacy wise. It doesn't do any of the above.

Worth noting that if you're already willing to setup a first-party proxy like Plausible does in this comparison, you can do the same thing with Google Analytics with either the NYPL project [1] or send your own data to the Google Measurement Protocol API [2].

[1] https://github.com/NYPL/google-analytics-proxy

[2] https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection...