I don’t care for VPNs but I do want an adblocker. What are my options aside from using a public pihole dns or a vpn to a private dns server?
https://adguard.com/en/adguard-ios-pro/overview.html
But other choices are available too.
Using iOS's built in support for browser adblockers is largely as effective and doesn't come with the battery life hit.
I use the free tier.