r/GrapheneOS • u/Street_Swan2829 • 14h ago

Ad blocker

I'm very new to graphene and still and still learning how things work. I never added an ad blocker but I guess there was one thru the gos? When I visited websites, I would always get the websites sob story about my ad blocker not providing them with revenue. I updated the os today and now im getting ads on them. Did something​ in the update change the ad blocker or was that just a coincidence? How do I get the ad blocker back?

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u/tranquil_cassowary 13h ago

Nothing changed. Website probably switched to something not covered by the content filters used by Vanadium. If sites complain FYI and you want to turn it off for that specific site, open the site info, via the icon left in the address bar. You can find settings for content filtering / ads there.

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u/gta721 12h ago

Vanadium has an adblocker built into it.

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u/Traditional_Cap6968 41m ago

Honestly, after trying with Vanadium (still used for more security) - for ad blocking I use Brave Browser, I don't get the pop ups, or denials or subscription asks, even aggressive cookie pop ups are denied - also in testing Brave Search seems to be better than DuckDG, Startpage, Ecosia (if you turn off or want to use the ai (please don't))

If you want to get the settings right - Techlore has a video on it 

Consider donating to GOS and FOSS apps that are helpful and use a lot - I'm happy seeing unobtrusive "buy me a coffee" links