Rideshare fares keep one Galaxy app connected

Omar Haddad keeps his rideshare app online to get fares. He told Bonzai he has not restricted a Galaxy app’s internet access to avoid ads because he needs that connection for work.

Search-result descriptions of Samsung Members posts describe AI Network Guard as restricting internet access for selected apps, while a description of an Android Authority report says it can prevent some in-app ads. Android Police posted that it tested One UI 9’s Network Guard against AdGuard Private DNS, but its results could not be checked. For Galaxy owners, the question is what else might stop working. None of the members Bonzai interviewed had tried cutting an app’s connection to avoid ads, so their accounts cannot establish whether it removes ads or disables a feature.

Aisha Karim had not tried either Network Guard or Private DNS on a Galaxy. She said blocking an app’s whole connection could affect sign-in, syncing or content, but could not say what would fail in a particular app. “In general, Private DNS can block known ad domains, while a network guard can restrict an app’s connection more broadly,” she said. “Either one might affect features beyond ads, depending on how the app is built.”

Kenji Moreau had not tried restricting a Galaxy app for ads, either. He pointed to a different limit on the idea: “don’t assume turning off mobile data stops ads if the app’s still on Wi-Fi.” Turning off one connection, in his account, is not the same as cutting off the app.

The members’ accounts leave the effect on ads unanswered. Aisha’s possible feature losses were not observed, and Kenji’s warning concerns a partial cutoff. Omar, meanwhile, chose to keep the connection his work requires.

“I need my rideshare app online to get fares, so I don’t mess with its connection,” Omar said.