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They only support pure IP addresses, and does not ordinarily support any syntaxes or element specifications whatsoever. I would therefore rather recommend the use of adblockers and adblock-tailored lists instead, but for those who need to defend specific products under and from specific circumstances, here's a few tools that can make use of hosts files.
• [AdAway](https://adaway.org/) ([Android with root, through the F-Droid store](https://f-droid.org/packages/org.adaway/))<br>
• [Editing it yourself on Windows, macOS and Linux](https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/27350/beginner-geek-how-to-edit-your-hosts-file/)<br>
• [Hosts File Editor](https://github.com/scottlerch/HostsFileEditor) (Windows)
• [Hosts File Editor](https://github.com/scottlerch/HostsFileEditor) (Windows)<br>
• [Gas Mask](https://github.com/2ndalpha/gasmask) (macOS)<br>
• [Pi-hole](https://pi-hole.net/) (Linux)<br>
• [AdAway](https://adaway.org/) ([Android with root, through the F-Droid store](https://f-droid.org/packages/org.adaway/))
Web-hosted hosts files can also be used with Nano Adblocker and uBlock Origin, but in the case of my Norwegian list it's preferable to use the regular, adblock-formatted list instead when using those adblockers.
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# Redirector
This is [an extension](http://einaregilsson.com/redirector/) made by the Icelandic developer Einar Egilsson. Although he has unfortunately stopped developing this extension, instead prioritising to make ad-financed card games for phones, it has many functions that would be impossible to replicate on any adblockers, even the advanced ones.
This is [an extension](http://einaregilsson.com/redirector/) made by the Icelandic developer Einar Egilsson. It has many functions that would be impossible to replicate on any adblockers, even the advanced ones.
While it can't do any real amounts of adblocking, it can help greatly with [utilising URL tricks](https://github.com/DandelionSprout/adfilt/blob/master/Dandelion%20Sprout-s%20Redirector%20Assistant%20List/README.md) that'd be overly convoluted or unknown to pull off otherwise.
While it can't do any real amounts of adblocking, it can help greatly with [utilising URL tricks](https://github.com/DandelionSprout/adfilt/blob/master/Dandelion%20Sprout-s%20Redirector%20Assistant%20List/README.md) that'd be overly convoluted or impossible to pull off otherwise.
# Stylish
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• Gaming consoles (e.g. Wii U): Adguard DNS in the console settings<br>
• Android (rooted): Adguard DNS with [DNSForwarder](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.evanhe.dnsforward)<br>
• Windows Phone (while at home): Adguard DNS on your router<br>
• SmartTVs, Windows Phone (on the go): No supported adblocker tools exist for them. Trust me, I've tried.
• SmartTVs: Pi-hole with [the only list in existence that targets SmartTVs](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Perflyst/PiHoleBlocklist/master/SmartTV.txt), and which even then is largely privacy-focused instead of anti-ad-focused.