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Smartphones May Affect Sleep—but Not Because of Blue Light (www.wired.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I use Block This! on my Android device, which essentially a pseudo-VPN that blackholes ad requests (as well as some trackers and miscellany). Wired bounces me immediately if I have it enabled.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Indeed, that is just an ad blocker. I looked at their github and it hasn't been updated in 7 years.

For good basic ad blocking you might want to try something like https://controld.com/free-dns which works well. No app required, just set it in your DNS on Android.

If you want more finetuning look at the app https://www.rethinkdns.com/

For bypassing pay walls you want something like Cromite (Chromium) or better Firefox, or a privacy fork like Mull.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it" has been my model 😉 And Wired aside, it does work phenomenally well. But I will take a look at your suggestion.