Hi, I am new to Blokada, I really appreciate this useful app and the convenience brought by it, but I have some suggestions that may enhance user convenience, I hope you can hear it.
Show blocked ads by the name of app (e.g. Reddit) but not codes
This can make a more user-friendly surface for user to know how many ads each app created, but not some codes like api.xxxx.com that tell user nothing useful.
Display the amount of data usage saved
This can let the users appreciate how powerful Blokada is, thus the creator of Blokada can receive more favorable comments or even donations.
Thank you for your kind attention, I look forward to further updates and improvements!
Hi there
Glad to see another new user here. Unluckily both ideas are nearly impossible to implement. Itās an android limitation.
This is regarding the first idea:
And regarding the bandwidth saving: Blokada blocks the dns request, hence the ad canāt be loaded. This means that thereās no way to tell how ābigā the ads were. They arenāt hidden, they never make it onto your device
Yes, yes it does.
Instead of downloading the ad or even uploading the request to fetch an ad, blokada simply sends an error message to the blocked domain. Hence only a fraction of the bandwidth is used