Ad Blocker

Oh I already hear the complaints: poor little devs must live on something (maybe I should integrate some ads with my books as well).

Don't get me wrong: I'm not calling to a complete ad boycott. But sometimes there are legit reasons to use an ad blocker. For example,

ad blocking is digital self-defence
ad blocking helps against the climate crisis

Ad-Blocker & Filter

2023-05-16

DNS66 (5@6) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-03-26 Github; Video Howto 9/2017 | 3/2018; Video Walk-Through 10/2018; Howto 8/2019; Review&Howto 11/2018 | 3/2021; block ads/hosts, use alternative DNS servers; no root required (uses VPN)
Block This! (5@1) 4 1 LastUpdate: 2017-05-02 Github
UnbelovedHosts (4.7@10) 7 LastUpdate: 2017-08-01 AdBlocker not replacing your /etc/hosts file
personalDNSfilter (4.6@2,767) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Vorstellung 1/2021
AdGuard: Content Blocker (4.4@94,185) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Wikipedia EN; Vorstellung 6/2017; Review 11/2018
AdAway (4.4@129) 9 Github; Wikipedia DE | EN; Video Tutorial 7/2017; Tutorial 5/2019 (DE); Howto Android 10 Video 2/2020; Test & Analyse 2/2023; maintains /system/etc/hosts (root needed) or alternatively uses local VPN (no root needed)
AppWatch - Popup Ad Detector (4.3@18,970) Ǥ 10 2
Popup Ad Detector & Blocker (4.2@14,111) Ǥ 13 3
WebGuard (4@15,427) Ǥ 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-03-05 Screencast 1/2017; not only for kids No root required.
SpotMute - Mute ads (4@1,446) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
AdBlock for Samsung Internet (3.8@17,618) 9 2
AdClear Content Blocker (3.8@7,086) Ǥ 13 2 Github; no root required
Crystal for Samsung Internet (3.7@3,090) 9 2
Ad-silence - OpenSource (3.6@199) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Adblock Fast (3.5@17,635) Ǥ 4 2 LastUpdate: 2021-06-25 Github; Samsung Internet 4.0 and up only
FilterProxy (3.5@659) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-02-22 uses proxy (no root required)
Adblock Plus (2.8@32) 6 LastUpdate: 2016-02-01 no root required; nutzlos
Ad-Free (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; AdBlocker for Spotify
Spotify Ad Blocker (0@0) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-07-15 Github; mute when Spotify is playing an ad
SpotIt (0@0) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-12-24 Github; Music streaming advertisement muter
Twitter Adfree (0@0) LastUpdate: 2017-05-08 removes promoted/ads posts from the official Twitter app
YouTube AdAway (0@0) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Xposed module to block YouTube ads on the official YouTube Android App
TrackerControl (0@0) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / TC Slim – Study app tracking (4.6@268) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / TrackerControl (0@0) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Intro 11/2019 | 8/2020; find and (except slim) block / Github
JIG Zad (0@0) LastUpdate: 2016-11-15
MinMinGuard (0@0) LastUpdate: 2019-07-22 Github; disables ad-modules per-app
xad (0@0)

As Google has banned most of the ad blockers from Google Play, you might have to look elsewhere (not Elsevier). What has moved to F-Droid is already linked above, but there are more "hiding places":

AdLock
Energized Protection (Magisk Module)
MoaAB
SRT AdVersary Testbericht 1/2017

Further Readings:

Category Ad-Modules (and counter-measures)
Category Proxy, Tunnel & Co
Suchmaschinen verbreiten Malware: FBI empfiehlt Werbeblocker (12/2022)
Online-Werbung: Real Time Bidding und IAB-Standards – Teil1 (3/2022)
Got Pop-Up Ads on Android? How to Spot and Remove Them (12/2021)
How to block ads on Android, with root and without root (8/2021)
The best ad blocking apps for Android (7/2021 - 4/2022)
5 best ad blocker apps for Android (3/2021 - 5/2022)
Werbung in Android-Apps entfernen (12/2020)
Ad Blocks die wirklich arbeiten: Top-10 Liste (2/2020 - 8/2021)
Thanks to „acceptable ads“ at Adblock Plus & Co: RonRon Wyden: Adblocker und Werbebranche führen User in die Irre (1/2020)
Studie: Adblocker schützen nur bedingt vor Tracking (Adblock Plus (worst), Ghostery (bad), Disconnect (expensive); 8/2018)
Kommentar: Adblocker sind digitale Selbstverteidigung (12/2016)
The Terrifying Cost of »Free« Websites (12/2016) Watch this!
Ad Blockers On Mobile Can Reduce Battery Drain By Up to 50% (3/2016)
IzzyOnDroid hint: Using free apps from F-Droid or buying ad-free versions has a similar effect
Best Ad blocker app for Android : stop ads appearing on android (2/2014 - 4/2020)

2023-05-18

IzzyOnDroid

Ad Blocker

Ad-Blocker & Filter