NetGuard
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
0warn against
Dec 5, 2025first mention
Oct 20, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I run Netguard on my Android TV and completely block Google Play along with a hundred other services.”
“For privacy reasons, I use NetGuard to block this and other similar domains.”
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“on the TV itself I installed f-droid and netguard. Netguard's UI sucks on a TV, but it's workable. I use it to block Internet access”
runs Sony Android TV with Pi-holeon “Sick of smart TVs? Here are your best options”
“Graphene OS + NetGuard is just a far better alternative”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- An ad-free Android TV 1 mention
- System-level ad-blocking in Android 1 mention
- Android May Soon Restrict On-Device ADB 1 mention
- Little Snitch comes to Linux, but the core logic is closed source 1 mention
- Sick of smart TVs? Here are your best options 1 mention
- Jolla Phone Pre-Order 1 mention
Data: netguard.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 6
“I run Netguard on my Android TV and completely block Google Play along with a hundred other services.”
“There are local device-only resolver apps like”
“to be more like NetGuard, i.e., only allowing selected apps to have network access”
“For privacy reasons, I use NetGuard to block this and other similar domains.”
“on the TV itself I installed f-droid and netguard. Netguard's UI sucks on a TV, but it's workable. I use it to block Internet access”
“Graphene OS + NetGuard is just a far better alternative”