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For mobile I use https://blockerdns.com/ (full disclaimer: that's my creation). It's ad blocking through DNS-over-TLS on Android 9 and above.

For home I just run my own bind DNS servers internally. And then for friends and family I have them set their routers to a couple bind DNS servers (same config as my internal ones) in the cloud.

For all of the above I use the same block list. It currently has about 25k entries, and is built with some data from a few of the well known public lists. But I augment that with domains I find by regularly auditing specific websites that are particularly aggressive with ads and specifically trackers.

But with that said, since I've got friends, family and paying users working from that list, I do actively try to prevent the breaking of popular sites and services. For example, personally I'd outright block anything related to Facebook since I quit them years ago, but too many people still use it, so for my list I try to keep a good balance by blocking their pixel and stuff like that, while allowing the resources absolutely necessary for the site.



> ad blocking through DNS-over-TLS on Android 9 and above.

FYI, dns.adguard.com does more or less the same thing, and is free.


Credible effort. You should add a section abt latencies, too.

There are free alternatives. So, you might need to provide extra value-add for the $1 (I understand no-logs is a value-add).

If I may ask, how does the tech stack look like? And what's the software run for DoT and DoH


> full disclaimer: that's my creation

Small observation: when you disclose something, it's a disclosure.


Ah damn, I botched that one. No more commenting while walking the dog.


Don't beat yourself up. It seems lime disclosure and disclaimer are almost consistently used in reverse on HN. It's the strangest thing!


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