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Posted by StrLght 12/7/2025

How I block all online ads(troubled.engineer)
355 points | 287 commentspage 4
odie5533 12/8/2025|
AI content is become as insidious as ads were. Is there software to block AI content?
Litomi 7 days ago||
The methods OP uses are nothing new.

What is needed is some way to block Amazon Prime ads (and the like), these come from the same Amazon url and currently are unstoppable.

entropie 12/8/2025||
AdGuard Extra (beta) browser extension blocks twitch adds very reliable.
OptionOfT 12/8/2025||
Some applications tunnel in their ads over non-ad domains, making them unlockable.

For example IMDb. And proxying over mitmproxy actually breaks the whole app, because they do certificate pinning.

XorNot 12/8/2025||
I view this as a sliding scale these days. Nothing is so important that if the ads are a nuisance I won't just stop using it entirely.
subscribed 12/8/2025||
I think Space Weather started to do it too. I was fine with small ads ad the bottom but suddenly its two huge (full screen), unskippable ads.

AdGuard's log shows nondescript servers and suddenly a lot of IPv6 connections and then ads :(

ramon156 12/8/2025||
Blocking isn't the issue, it's the websites that straight up break that are the hard part.

For example, Shopify hates ublock and will sometimes not load apps at all

workfromspace 12/8/2025|
DNS level ad-blocking usually doesn't break websites. (I use NextDNS)

The ad domains straight up don't resolve at all and never get loaded. I don't have any adblock/ublock, so the websites almost never could detect if I block ads or not.

tsoukase 7 days ago||
In mobile, Google gives us the Private DNS in Settings. Use your preferred blocking level from Controld and enjoy ad/track free in all networks.
nipperkinfeet 12/8/2025||
I use uBlock on desktop and laptop with Dan host files. AdGuard DNS on Android, or Firefox Mobile with uBlock extension. Even Edge on mobile has extension support now.
gxs 12/8/2025||
Anyone have a way of blocking twitter adds?

I’ve just been watching streams after they’re done so that I can get rid of them that way

Edit: nvm author mentions vpns as a solution

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