Universal ad-block patch

[SodaWithoutSparkles]

Application

All apps with ads served from domains other than their content domains. Examples include:

• org.zwanoo.android.speedtest
• com.farproc.wifi.analyzer
• com.dv.adm
• etc.

Issue

There are many apps with ads. Some of them still works with ads domain blocked. Some of them tries to query the ad domain extensively after it was blocked. This patch should block the ad domain from queried, but does not need to handle the extensive loading issue.

Patch

Block ad domains like

• doubleclick.net
• amazon-adsystem.com
• adservice.google.com
• google-analytics.com

All subdomains have to be blocked as well, like googleads.g.doubleclick.net

This patch could be called universal-domain-based-adblock or block-ad-domains or similar

Motivation

This could cover many apps with a single patch, just need a further patch if this patch makes the app load muchhhhhh longer or has other premium options to unlock.

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[SCPF-Bot]

ReVanced/revanced-patches-template#1943

[SodaWithoutSparkles]

This attempts at blocking much more than google ads. Maybe also include a blocklist.

[oSumAtrIX]

Low level requests libraries can be hooked reflectively to achieve this via cold patching apps.

[NoelJacob]

Can dns blocking achieve this?

[oSumAtrIX]

No.

[SodaWithoutSparkles]

Can dns blocking achieve this?

In theory, yes. I got the inspiration from Pi-hole. But using only DNS blocking is very limited, so this method is not recommended

[topminipie]

I suggest a slightly different approach. Block ads using Android app activity/service blocking rather than blocking internet traffic (domains). As for me, this is a more universal way than removing links from the code. The signatures (Android Activity/Service) of many trackers are already known and there are clearly fewer of them than the domains of popular advertising networks. (https://etip.exodus-privacy.eu.org/trackers/all) One patch for all applications.

Example: Google AdMob: com.google.ads.|com.google.android.gms.ads|com.google.android.ads.|com.google.unity.ads.|com.google.android.gms.admob|com.google.firebase.firebase_ads.

Google Analytics: com.google.android.apps.analytics.|com.google.android.gms.analytics.|com.google.analytics.

Google CrashLytics: io.fabric.|com.crashlytics.|com.google.firebase.crashlytics|com.google.firebase.crash.|io.invertase.firebase.crashlytics.

Google Firebase Analytics: com.google.firebase.analytics.|com.google.android.gms.measurement.|com.google.firebase.firebase_analytics.

Google Tag Manager: com.google.tagmanager|com.google.android.gms.tagmanager.

Branch: io.branch.

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