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It's "open source", but there's only been 5 commits since August last year? Where do the updates to blocking rules etc come from?

Also, the homepage states "Over 1 Billion Trackers Blocked", but that really feels misleading.

I'd say Guardian Firewall is a much better choice: https://twitter.com/guardianiosapp

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$10/month is a lot for a firewall.

Important to note, our app is a VPN as well. This way, with the bulk of our business logic on the server-side, device battery is saved and we can do real-time block list updates rather than the app needing to pull down a new rule set.

The $1/day / $10/month / $100/year has been fairly well received, but may not be for everyone, especially those who enjoy running their own VPN server and/or curating their own block lists.

> The $1/day / $10/month / $100/year has been fairly well received,

...in countries where $100 a year isn’t a lot for one subscription.

> but may not be for everyone, especially those who enjoy running their own VPN server and/or curating their own block lists.

...and also not for those in countries where $100 a year is a whole lot of money for one subscription.

If you use a pay-as-you-go network like Google Fi, and it saves you more than 1 GB, then it saves you money.

$10 for 1GB?!

$10/GB is pretty much the going rate for a la carte data on all major US carriers. You typically get better rates for your monthly plan but if you go over you're flipped back to the a la carte pricing.

Eesh. My monthly plan in the UK is about $10 (£7), for 2GB, unlimited texts, 500 calls.

I suppose an Indian commenter would 'Eesh' at that too though!

I hardly use my iphone and it has blocked 552 today. It shows you the log. Also, the mobile web seems faster now (for some sites).

23K+ blocked since 1/16/2020.

I don't use too many apps, but I see it also blocked app telemetry/trackers (e.g., kochava.com stuff)

It's the language I think is misleading - there aren't 1bn trackers out there to be blocked. I suppose it means there's been 1bn blocks happened.

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