UprisingVoltage @ UprisingVoltage @feddit.it

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LESS GOOOO

Bought the first one for 2€ and the second one for 5€. Best money I've ever spent in my life

The steam deck is fire

Heh

Not good so far. I've been waiting the bus for half an hour now

Thank you

I'm sorry but I still have no idea

What's that?

Same

Thank you!

Good riddance

In my opinion, adguard is worth in two cases: if you need Firewall+VPN on an unrooted device (every other thing I tried was either Firewall or VPN, no chance of getting them to work at the same time), or if you're installing it on a family member's/acquaintance's device, so that they have an on/off switch if something goes wrong.

Unless you don't fit in one of those two cases adguard will do little to nothing for you

It's not a matter of bypassing, it's about achieving the same result by different means.

I don't know what exactly adguard does once those settings are enabled, but a private DNS (or even adguard's free public dns, if you don't want to put in the commitment and prefer a "set it and forget it" approach) gives you both tracking and malware protection (I strongly suggest watching this video to understand what a private DNS does and how https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUG57ynLb8I)

In general, I think DNS blocking is the easiest, quickest and the most effective way to block ads on your devices

Adguard app does block ads and trackers in the free version too, you just need to set up dns filtering and select adguard DNS. You can also create a nextdns account for free and run it through adguard to have more control over what you're blocking.

In general, adblocker for browser > DNS > anything else.

He totally did it just because he wanted to and he thought there wouldn't have been any repercussions. Now shit's hitting the fan, as it should

They said spyware and adware

It was founded in Russia in 2009, then moved its headquarters from Moscow to Cyprus almost 10 years ago, in 2014 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdGuard

They've been a solid presence in the privacy scene for years now, contributing to spread privacy awareness and not incurring in a single major controvesy/scandal so far.

They're legit imo, and they provide solid services

Not sure about the basis for the claims of "shadiness"

Always has been

It's not platinum tho

Thank you for clarifying