Got a pi hole, what are ads in general?
this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2023
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I know that I'm at fault here for using such services, but Pihole can't block the ads that are hosted on the same server as the service, eg. Half the ads on Youtube.
It's still really good for privacy though, blocking mIcRoSoFt spyware and all kinds of other stuft. And you can create your own blocklists.
I just got a pihole setup and im curious how youd block Microsoft stuff using it. Is it part of a blocklist or is it something you manually filtered?
one of Dan's list blocks a bunch of them, has something like 500k item on it.
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Just know that DoH is probably going to ruin the fun for you. Unless your blocking all DoH hosts.
In my Opnsense setup I have some lists added to block all traffic to known DoH servers...
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I'm not loyal to a browser, I'm loyal to features. If Chrome supported ad block on mobile and FF stopped, I'd switch overnight
Which is exactly the way it should be. And it's a godsend that firefox supports uBlock in mobile.
Definitely, YT background play and ad block have been a lifesaver on car rides
From me it would need more. Chrome has more (mostly privacy related) disadvantages compared to Firefox than that
You don't care about the many other ways that not using and supporting Chromium is better, ie. not having Google's new invasive advertising system?
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Fuck Chrome
I still prefer firefox for other reasons
I just set up a pi hole, I was late to the party.
So much shit is pushed from our PCs, and phones. 49.85% of requests are blocked by it.
It's even more horrifying when you realize that's a lower bound. It doesn't even include dynamically loaded ads from the same domains, and it doesn't include ads that can't be blocked because it would stop services from working.
Infuriating, isn't it? Half of all requests are completely unnecessary and serve you no purpose
Was using Chrome as my main browser and FF as my second browser last week. Uninstalled Chrome, made Firefox my main browser and Waterfox as my second browser. Forget Chrome and forget Edge!
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if only ublock could stop these Firefox ads
Meanwhile Mozilla: fires 200 workers to pay the CEO 2M :)
Ah well then I guess Google actually isn't destroying privacy after all
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There's LibreWolf, Waterfox, Basilisk, Pale Moon and Pulse. You don't have to support Mozilla if you don't want to and at the same you don't have to submit to Chrome's supremacy.
I love librewolf
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