Moreover, some ads can contain malware, putting your device at risk, which is the last thing you want. It feels like an invasion of privacy, and nobody wants to feel unsafe while browsing online. If you do your shopping online, you will have the pleasure of reading a random ad about some product you are not interested in even when reading the news or playing your favorite game, you are the perfect target for these ads. In that case, you will probably see a random banner about a particular bank. For example, let’s say you watch your favorite video on YouTube. This is because this advertising has become so intrusive and is almost everywhere. If you’re wondering what people hate the most when going online, the answer is simple: ads. In short, AdGuard (the app) allows you to filter the actual web content as opposed to simply blocking domains, which makes it much, much more powerful than DNS-based blocking.Before starting the AdGuard review, let’s talk about ads. Cannot create custom URL / content filters to block specific parts of, or pages on a website.Cannot filter HTML content and get rid of empty boxes and broken spaces used up by the blocked ads.Cannot prevent those annoying cookie notices from popping up everywhere.Cannot prevent browser/device fingerprinting.Cannot block self-hosted cryptomining scripts that drain your battery.Cannot block self-hosted ads or scripts (ads hosted on the same domain as the website).Some of the limitations of DNS-based blocking of the top-of-my head: I'm sure there's a better, longer explanation somewhere, but DNS / hosts-based blocking like AdAway, Blockada, PiHole and even AdGuard DNS etc are useless against modern annoyances and threats. Not sure how 'system-wide' adguard can be compare to adaway on android - Online reporting tool for missed ads/false positives.Public Telegram chat - a place for live discussion.At all times remember to be polite towards mods and other users.If you need to share a link, create a text post and include the link inside. Before creating a new topic, search within subreddit.

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