I’ve been on Mullvad for a while now, but I’m looking to move to ProtonVPN soon and I’m curious how well it blocks ads out of the box.

I’ve looked into the possibility of combining it with something like NextDNS or AdGuard, but I’m not super tech savvy, so I think I’d prefer to keep it simple if possible.

Mullvad has been okay, but occasionally ads get through. If ProtonVPN is that good or better, I’ll probably be fine.

  • Swarfega@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I use NextDNS and it’s really easy to set up. There are guides in the dashboard. On Android it’s just a case of copying the unique DNS over TLS address and pasting it in settings. Ad blocking then is system wide.

    You do need to be keep in mind you’re running a DNS as blocking service, as it just renders known as domains dead. There’s no nice ‘this site is blocked’ page. I frequent a site to get get deals on the internet and of course it has a lot of referrals which don’t work. It’s just a case then of looking at the block list and adding it to the allow list. Airplane mode on and off and it will work.