Does anyone know of good alternatives that also block ads? Seems Quad9 doesn't.

Dezvous · 2026-09-04T19:49:52

ornornor · 2026-09-04T20:37:03

Been using them for years. The price is reasonable too. It’s the only way I found to block ads everywhere on iOS (except the YT app, Mullvad’s Albania wireguard did that)

gmac · 2026-09-04T23:02:59

The price is so reasonable, I think the risk is that you’re paying mainly with your data?

mgrunwald_ · 2026-09-04T19:36:58

https://controld.com/free-dns

hexfish · 2026-09-04T19:50:42

https://joindns4.eu/for-public#resolver-options

mikalauskas · 2026-09-05T04:12:11

they block duolingo

radikalerludwig · 2026-09-05T11:49:19

good. Babbel is superior

SamDc73 · 2026-09-04T19:37:14

nextdns.io might be an option

https://adguard-dns.io/kb/general/dns-providers/ have a list of options that some of them have ad blocker

ripdog · 2026-09-04T21:11:48

https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome/releases

Trivial to self-host, and gives you full control of blocking.

sparkling · 2026-09-04T21:10:33

Several (European) alternatives are available: https://eualternative.eu/categories/public-dns/

kpcyrd · 2026-09-05T18:43:05

Since this seems to be the thread for public DoH providers, this article is probably worth mentioning (it can sort by DoH, DoT, DoQ, etc support).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_recursive_name_server

rdme · 2026-09-04T20:22:02

I'm using numa(https://github.com/razvandimescu/numa) for ad filtering and odoh mode for privacy (shameless plug)

brnt · 2026-09-05T01:34:33

So this is something to use instead of pihole?

MisterMunchkin · 2026-09-05T05:49:22

I have a router with adguard on it so I can locally filter everything.

Sometimes you need to unblock things to ensure something works properly, so having it be local is better in my opinion.

immortalist · 2026-09-04T21:43:36

dot.sb

leumon · 2026-09-04T20:27:59

dns.adguard-dns.com

brettdav · 2026-09-04T20:03:35

What about Cloudflare’s public DNS? https://developers.cloudflare.com/1.1.1.1/setup/#1111-for-fa...

  1.1.1.2
  1.0.0.2
  2606:4700:4700::1112
  2606:4700:4700::1002

koeliga · 2026-09-04T20:08:42

Cloudflare DNS does not block ads, it only blocks malware

pocksuppet · 2026-09-09T18:26:16

For Cloudflare's definition of "malware"