nextdns VS AdGuardDNS

uBlock Origin still works in Firefox. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin...

And you can, I believe, still just modify your hosts table to block out ads in Chrome. https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts

Or your router's DNS using something like NextDNS. https://nextdns.io/

Ads suck. Support content where you can, but even when you pay they still serve ads / tracking scripts. So fuck 'em. Block all the ads.

I've used NextDNS for years to keep our home internet safe for the kids and it works really well. Fortunately NextDNS offers API access that you can use to automate turning different internet filters on and off. Unfortunately their API docs are horrible.

I think that we'll need to adopt network-level filtering if we want to outsmart the browsers. I haven't looked back since adopting NextDNS and configuring my router to filter all traffic through it. It does a great job of stripping ads out of all my devices connected to it, and that's something I don't mind paying a few bucks for a year (I think it's like $19/year).

Check it out here: https://nextdns.io/

NextDNS is very much alive, although progress is measured and calm¹ as compared to Control D. But it's also been rock-solid for me for years, where Control D seems to be less so².

¹ https://github.com/nextdns/nextdns/releases ² https://www.reddit.com/r/ControlD/comments/1irgehp/178ms_lat...

One of the most values I get out of a SaaS service is NextDNS [0]. There are competitors like ControlD [1] that are also very good. At the end of the day they both check all the boxes for me.

But, the piece that really got me with NextDNS when I started using it was the unlimited number of profiles. This allows me to target any device, no matter where it is (this is fantastic for mobile devices) and keep my filtering lists in place. I selfhost a lot but still find the annual cost of NextDNS more than fair.

[0] https://nextdns.io/

Use NextDNS (https://nextdns.io) on your mobile phone as a Private DNS provider, and switch as many apps as allow it to be web apps, i.e. https://m.uber.com works just fine, and use Firefox on mobile and enabled about:config as it's at chrome://geckoview/content/config.xhtml , from there switch beacon.enabled to false.

Far less requires an actual app than most people imagine. It's the apps that leak so much.

- Pi-Hole can run on a Linux box, in a Docker container, and on a Synology. You don't need a Raspberry Pi to run it.

- Look at https://nextdns.io as an alternative.

- I use uBlock Origin and NextDNS at home.

" appears to have blacklisted it on the basis of its model name"

Why is that?

I think Pixel was always good for this. The problem with rooted phones is that many bank applications wont run anymore.

"of systemwide adblocking"

Your alternative would be to use another DNS service like https://nextdns.io

ublock origin will help.

but does your org do any kind of DNS filtering? depending on your setup (office or remote, etc) setting up something like Pi-hole[0] can offer a tremendous amount of time & hassle-saving as so many of the problematic ads will just not get to your folks.

a more managed equivalent of Pi-Hole might be AdGuard DNS[1].

[0] https://pi-hole.net

[1] https://adguard-dns.io

I've tried hosted Pi-Hole and AdGuard Home. They are good as long as I'm around to fix stuffs. Then I tested something which can be global (home) and also for individual devices -- Control-D, NextDNS, and Adguard DNS. All of them works pretty well. If I really have to choose, then it would be in the order of NextDNS > Control-D > AdGuard DNS. Affiliated with none, and have decided to subscribe to all three to further test them for this year.

https://controld.com

https://nextdns.io

https://adguard-dns.io

I used Pi-Hole, then went to NextDNS, then to AdGuard DNS, tinkered with AdGuard Home, and currently testing Control-D. They are all actually pretty good, similar features, and it has become just a matter of personal choice.

In all fairness, when I have some time and can invest in decent hardwares, I might go back to AdGuard Home with one of the paid services as backup for travel, and when for the other family members.

Pi-Hole works really well but once-a-while, when I'm traveling, it will decide to act up and it's a whole IT support with the family over phone for minutes if not hours. I'm not smart enough to setup a secure enough tunnel and the like, and haven't read up enough on the topic. This follows similar pattern with AdGuard Home.

NextDNS, AdGuard DNS, Control-D are easy and just works, especially with the devices that the family uses. I think I bought one of those AdGuard Lifetime license, so I use that to block client-side rendered ads in conjunction with either AdGuard DNS or NextDNS or Control-D. Right now, Control-D is doing pretty good with my test-drive.

https://adguard-dns.io

https://nextdns.io

https://controld.com

https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardDNS

In the case of AdGuard DNS being open source does not change the fact that it is a centralized service and using such a service is a matter of trust.

Then just unlock it. I am not sure which Adguard method you use, if you use a personal one which I recommend then you can just whitelist the domain that is used. If you use the general DNS then use https://adguard-dns.io/ to customize it. Trust me you will like it.

Google is your friend my dude.. https://ourpact.com/ and https://adguard-dns.io/

A feature request has been made for ECH support for AdGuard DNS, but there has been no further information added. You can follow the issue tracker here.

On my Mac Adguard DNS (i.e. adguard-dns.io) does not work without the Adguard app.