Comment by codethief

> AdAway (in F-Droid) can block with /etc/hosts (no VPN involved)

lifts head

> if you have root

Sigh. :)

Sure, on LineageOS back in the day I used to edit /etc/hosts by hand. On GrapheneOS I no longer have root, though (unless I compile it myself), which generally I think is a good idea, weren't it for Linux's absolutely abysmal access control system that requires you to be root for almost everything.