It's not an open source app. It's a means of income for the developer.
this post was submitted on 16 May 2026
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install adaway on your phone. it runs better with root but still works fine without. there's no reason to see ads on a phone you own.
For the record: pihole blocks those ads, along with most mobile app ads. (in games too)
Can I ask what pihole is? Sorry, I'm new.
Pihole is a self-hosted DNS server that filters out domains that serve ads, as well as malware and tracking domains. When clients try to access a blocked domain, the DNS request fails, so the client doesn't know where to connect and the ads/malware simply fail to load, while the rest of the game/webpage loads just fine.
Highly customizable, either manually or with various online lists of known domains. It's also a handy tool to create local-only domain names for accessing your own self-hosted services.
Alternatively there's Adguard or Nextdns; public dns servers that perform a similar function, but give you much less control over what is or isn't blocked.
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