Since adguard is already using the VPN to filter everything (I can see the VPN key icon in the status bar) do I need the DNS protection too? Or is that just overkill and it will destroy my battery?
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To handle custom DNS filtering on iOS, the app needs to create a fake VPN. I will assume it's the same on Android. Try it yourself: go ahead and disable the DNS filtering completely. Did the VPN icon go away? I will assume it did.
I can't speak about Android directly, but on iOS, AdGuard can block ads inside Safari by using content blockers, so if you only enabled that, no VPN icon would show. That's available in the free app too. But if you want blocking in other apps you will need to block them at the DNS level which is why it will create a fake VPN (to intercept all your traffic).
There is a way to block ads at DNS level without fake VPN, by using the free AdGuard public DNS settings, but that is not customizable.
Is there a customizable adguard DNS that you can pay for? Like NextDNS.
Yes there is.
Try it yourself: go ahead and disable the DNS filtering completely. Did the VPN icon go away? I will assume it did.
No it did not.
Which is why nobody here is making sense.
I am protected by adguard app with DNS on or Off.
And nobody will explain why I need DNS on.
The VPN incon is still intercepting traffic with DNS off.
Do you have AdGuard VPN enabled somehow?
Or are you on Android? Maybe on Android, since there is no Chrome equivalent (that I know of) to Safari's native content-blockers, maybe the AdGuard version for Android can *only* filter ads via a false VPN.
Do you have AdGuard VPN enabled somehow?
It says "adguard VPN is not installed" in the settings.
Yes I am on Android. Using the adguard app that I paid for a one year license.
Why do you mention chrome? I don't even have chrome. I'm using the system wide ad blocking app.