Adaptive Connectivity

Since I switched to a Pixel 8, I stopped rooting my phone. What I miss the most is the rock-solid ad blocking. AdAway via VPN works, but sometimes it just keeps disconnecting.

I just found a setting that might be the problem: Adaptive Connectivity. It’s just a hunch. We’ll see how it goes…

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