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  • Im28xwa@lemdro.id
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    1 year ago

    Besides it being more effective at blocking ads and trackers it won’t require a VPN connection to work

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      1 year ago

      This, you don’t have to even run a program. Every phone uses the host file all day all the time anyway, you’re just telling it to load nothing instead of usual behavior of “no it’s not hosted here, go get it online” you’re just saying “no, don’t go get it, it’s hosted here” except it’s not, so it isn’t retrieved at all.