Tired of getting ads after every single YouTube video? Browsing the web? Play games? Get the system-wide Android Ad-Blocker called Blokada!
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Step One (OPTIONAL): Download F-Driod: The free and open-source android app repository! The apps on here are all open source (some are partially open source, but most are completely open source). Blokada is not on the Google Play Store because it violates some Terms and Conditions, so this is where you get it.
*Note: You will need to have enabled the option in your settings to allow installation of apps from unknown sources.
Step Two: Download Blokada, either from the F-Droid app repo, or from Blokada’s website.
F-Droid: Simply search “Blokada” within the F-Droid app, download it
Website: Scroll to the around the middle of this page, and click download!
Step Tree Fiddy: Install the app! Once you download the app from either of those methods, there should be a notifcation in your notifcation tray saying that the app download is complete. Click it, and it should bring you to the screen to install the app. Alternatively, if downloaded from a browser, it may be located in your browsers Download folder.
Step Four: Setup time! Once Blokada is installed, open the app, and click the option named “Blacklist”, and basically select all the host files. Next, go to the option named “Whitelist”, and select that as well. Lastly, keep the app alive, disable notifcaitons (unless you’re curious about everything that the app is blocked (warning, it blocks a lot!)), start on boot, and click the power button to run the app! After that, you’re done! The app will be blocking most ads!
Step five (OPTIONAL): Donate to the devs of this program, to inspire them to continue bringing updates to this app, so you can get fewer ads on Android!
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And that’s it! You’ve got a system-wide Android Ad blocker, which does not require root, will run at startup, and works 90% of the time.
Enjoy!