When comparing personalDNSfilter vs AdBlock Plus, the Slant community recommends personalDNSfilter for most people. In the question“What are the best ad blockers?” personalDNSfilter is ranked 11th while AdBlock Plus is ranked 21st. The most important reason people chose personalDNSfilter is:
Easy method to block all ads on any app or browser in your phone.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Fast and simple
Easy method to block all ads on any app or browser in your phone.
Pro Free & open source
Pro Blocks a wide selection of annoying ads
Video ads on YouTube, Facebook ads, flashy banners, pop-ups, pop-unders and much more.
Cons
Con Cannot be used with a a concurrent VPN connection
This is because of how the filtering and blocking process on almost all non-root block options amongst apps work.
The app makes use of the VPN protocol locally to block ads and thus you won't be able to use a VPN at the same time.
Con Uses too much RAM
AdBlock+ tends to use a lot of memory, which has been documented in many use cases as well as admitted by AdBlock themselves. Considering there are alternatives out there that can block ads successfully with half the RAM usage as AdBlock, one has to wonder why this is a problem specific to AdBock.
Con Users automatically opted in to whitelist
AdBlock+ has an automatic whitelist when installed that allows certain advertisers through the blocking mechanism. The fact that these advertisers pay for this privilege makes this particular scenario rife with conflict of interest.