System-level ad-blocking in Android
7 points by robalex
7 points by robalex
The problem with all these approaches is it's too easy for a website to detect you're blocking their ads and then harass or block you. A browser extension like uBlock Origin has extra code trying to defeat the anti-blocker blockers that works a lot better.
It is ridiculous that my computer is a battleground for companies trying to trick me into buying goods and services.
Yes, it's totally unacceptable. Mobile devices are definitely an area where open computing is being lost. It's even worse in iOS, where running arbitrary code within the device you've bought requires a $100/y payment or running an insecure version of the operating system and a jailbreak.
GrapheneOS seems to be the only workable, half-decent solution. But there is a lot of tradeoffs that are neede.