• Vexz@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      True but a VPN connection drains your phone's battery quite well. That's why I never liked that option and prefer just using a DNS server with adblocking feature since it has 0 impact on your phone's bettery life.

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        1 year ago

        Not really as long as you use some VPN that's not braindead stupid like OpenVPN. Wireguard is the perfect protocol, there's almost no overhead since it doesn't need keepalive packets or anything and there's no handshake beyond the initial connection either.

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          1 year ago

          I've read reports of 3% to 10% battery usage with Wireguard on smartphones. To me even 1% would be too much but maybe that's not the case for you. I don't mind paying 2 bucks a month for a great product that is extremely simple to set up. If you prefer the way with Wireguard + Pi-hole than that's of course fine. To each their own.