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#ADGUARD VS UBLOCK VS ADAWAY UPDATE#
#ADGUARD VS UBLOCK VS ADAWAY FOR ANDROID#
#ADGUARD VS UBLOCK VS ADAWAY PLUS#

I'd also like to draw your attention to the social widget stealing 5-10% of the screen. Hence, half of the page is used for a banner place.

Left side: you might have blocked the AdChoices network, but you didn't get rid of the initial ad script loaded from the site's own domain.

Right side: evidence that Google search still has some room for improvement :).Įxample #2: ad which is loaded from the same website.

Left side: proof that Google contextual ads can be irrelevant sometimes.

Example #1: ad which is impossible to block without applying cosmetic rules Important: to get the same result it's crucial to enable HTTPS filtering in Adguard's settings. We collected some examples that vividly illustrate the difference between blocking ads with Adguard and with a hosts-based ad blocker. It is well known that a picture is worth a thousand words. We firmly believe that every user should have unlimited control over his data and his device, and this doesn't only mean ad blocking.īelow I will show on examples what exactly are the drawbacks and limitations we refuse to put up with. The answer is simple - because we can't cope with the limitations caused by the rough approach of hosts-based ad blockers. You can even create your own filtering rules, the detailed syntax description is available in our Knowledge base. You can rely on Adguard's own filters or use popular external filters such as EasyList - it's up to you. These decisions are based on the set of special rules. For example, you can't eliminate Google ads without so-called cosmetic rules which 'hide' the banners.Īdguard, on the other hand, is a full-fledged 'filter' that passes through itself traffic of all apps, and then decides what to do with it. If you want to get rid of such ads with the hosts file, you'll need to forget about using Facebook apps. A good example is Facebook ad network (don't be tricked by its name - it is used by thousands of different apps). What to do in such case? And these cases are far from being unique. Imagine that ads are loaded not from the ad network server, but from a server that is also being used for other purposes. Why does it matter? Sometimes blocking of an ad network leads to breaking the functionality of this or that app or website, and you can do nothing about it. If a domain is blocked - it's blocked, you can't change it.

#ADGUARD VS UBLOCK VS ADAWAY UPDATE#

All that the app should do is to update the contents of hosts file from time to time. As simple as it can be.Įasy to implement. All you need to do - substitute the contents of one file. This method, undoubtedly, possesses some advantages: This file contains a list that matches server names with addresses the system should use to reach a particular server. AdAway does it with the help of a special file called 'hosts' - many of you, probably, know about it. What can be easier? You just tell the system that the ad domain is located in a place it can't reach so that all attempts to get to it end up in failure. What's the difference between Adguard and AdAway?ĪdAway - is, really, a great and very simple way to block ad networks' domains. With time, more and more browsers with built-in ad blocking feature started to appear, but this is a whole different story, and I'll cover it in the next part of this article.

#ADGUARD VS UBLOCK VS ADAWAY FOR ANDROID#

Google had adopted a new policy for apps added to Play Store, which practically turned all ad blockers into 'outlaws'.įor the same reason, the very first version of Adguard for Android was kicked out of Play Store in the November 2014, only 5 days after its official release. For a long time, the use of ad blockers was limited exclusively to rooted devices.Īround this time happened the mass exile of ad blockers from Google Play.

#ADGUARD VS UBLOCK VS ADAWAY PLUS#

This de-facto killed Adblock Plus for Android. In 2013 Android KitKat got released, and along with it the prohibition to change proxy settings without ROOT access. In the next few years ad blocking on Android suffered several heavy punches: Today, the former is almost abandoned, the latter is still being developed but rather sluggishly - it has very little room for development, and I will explain why. At first, they were Adblock Plus for Android and Adaway. The history of ad blocking on Androidįirst ad blockers for Android emerged around 2011. With its help, you are able to take under your control all apps on your device, allow or forbid the network access - as a whole, to a specific server or even a specific file! But let's not rush things and start from the beginning. Adguard - not just an ad blocker, but a full-featured firewall. Adguard is the most advanced way to get rid of ads and tracking on Android, no matter if you have your device rooted or not. Why do we feel there's a need to write an article like this? On forums and in users' messages we often see a widespread belief that Adguard for Android is just a tool to block ads on devices that don't have ROOT access.