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This is my favorite app that I never got to use but inspired me to learn how to do DNS configurations to work with traditional VPN's like Mullvad and iVPN. They have built in DNS filters that are putrid compared to DNSNet. But a DNS can't run on its own so it casts itself like a VPN so the system runs through it and the DNS then filters the system of trackers. If you don't think you need this and it's just Greek then download App Warden and run a scan. That ain't normal Comrade. Stop normalizing the end. Anyways I strayed. When the DNS casts itself as a VPN it prevents real VPN's from connecting, leaving your IP vulnerable. No tor, no VPN. So I discovered NextDNS and after a month I learned how to use private DNS in the connection settings of Android to point it to NextDNS and then how to configure the custom DNS option in my VPN (Mulvad) to also point to NextDNS. Then I setup tor in the background. I hope this helps someone skip a month of work and can focus that time on being happy. Sorry I can't direct you to each step I talked about. It was a LOT of work.