General AdBlocker Alternatives

[RodChester]

Hi there. I currently have AdBlocker 2 installed on both my iPad Air and iPhone 6. It works pretty well for me, however there are a few webpages that I visit that are quite slow to load because of AdBlocker. Also, opening some link to merchant websites does not always work and I have to disable AdBlocker to open those links.

I was wondering if there are any better alternatives to AdBlocker that will not slow down how fast some pages load and will always open up links I click on without have to disable it first.

Any help and information would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Intell]

dnsmasq combined with pixelserv make a very good, fast ad block.

 

[Apple_Robert]

Click on SETTINGS
Click on WIFI
Click on the I button of your wifi network
Switch HTTP proxy to AUTO
type in http://shion.ca/ios/adblockpub.js

Do this for every unique wifi you connect to.

What it does: uses keywords to forward ads to a blackhole proxy. (google DNS)

 

[RodChester]

Thanks for the quick replies. I should have stated in the OP that I want something specific for my iPad and iPhone. And something that will work on LTE as well as wifi. It looks to me that these options are only going to work on my home wifi network.

 

[Intell]

The dnsmasq+pixelserv combination work very well on all networks when they are both running on the iOS device and properly configured.

 

[1984world]

dnsmasq combined with pixelserv make a very good, fast ad block.

Interesting, never heard of this. Thanks for that info.

 

[Tig Bitties]

dnsmasq combined with pixelserv make a very good, fast ad block.

How do I use or apply those two ?

 

[IrishVixen]

As I'm lazy about having to configure something on my own, I'm currently using Minimal Hosts Blocker. Some details here: http://www.reddit.com/r/jailbreak/comments/2tmhy8/minimal_hosts_blocker_update_4341/

 

[Intell]

How do I use or apply those two ?

You have to first compile dnsmasq or download the slightly outdated one from Cydia. Then configure it as a DNS caching server and set it to cache both the cellular and WiFi connections. Once that is done, install Perl on your device and setup pixelserv as a LaunchDaemon. Then setup a list of domains that you want to be blocked and add them as an exclusion list to dnsmasq.