For android, you can enable the private DNS function (DNS over TLS) and specify a custom DNS server that has ad/tracker blocking without having to install any apps. That also has the benefit of encrypting your DNS lookups so nobody can spy on it.
I do this but one thing to note is that it can break some wifi capture portals and auth loops, so you might have to disable specified Wi-Fi, connect, and enable. Some wifi has private view DNS records for their capture portal or auth server like clearpass. Additionally, if your phone switches days to WiFi, but you need data to query or resolve your DNS provider and Android doesn’t have it cached, then it can also fail.
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For android, you can enable the private DNS function (DNS over TLS) and specify a custom DNS server that has ad/tracker blocking without having to install any apps. That also has the benefit of encrypting your DNS lookups so nobody can spy on it.
I do this but one thing to note is that it can break some wifi capture portals and auth loops, so you might have to disable specified Wi-Fi, connect, and enable. Some wifi has private view DNS records for their capture portal or auth server like clearpass. Additionally, if your phone switches days to WiFi, but you need data to query or resolve your DNS provider and Android doesn’t have it cached, then it can also fail.
Or install the open source app AdAway that I guess goes over the DNS block of some servers.