Re:Pi-hole – A black hole for Internet advertisements
by problems on Monday March 13, 2017 @01:18PM
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The catch here is that it isn't as good - using uBlock in FF for Android for example will properly block all ad frames.
Using adaway or a pi-hole for that matter will not - they will only cause ad loading to fail (in some cases) - which sometimes results in frames showing errors on the page instead of a clean rendering of nothing with ad divs removed.
Personally I wind up using several methods - AdAway to kill most app ads, uBlock for web and Xposed to kill YouTube ads since the hosts-based methods seem to work rather poorly for them as their subdomains change all the time.
Re:Pi-hole – A black hole for Internet advertisements
by majewsky on Monday March 13, 2017 @05:54PM
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DNS-level blocking is, IMO, only a second line of defense. Nice to have for all those devices and applications where you cannot have a proper ad/tracking/malware blocker.
Re:Pi-hole – A black hole for Internet advertisements
by literallycancer on Monday March 13, 2017 @02:08PM
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>Xposed to kill YouTube ads since the hosts-based methods seem to work rather poorly for them as their subdomains change all the time.
That's weird, I didn't get any Youtube ads in quite a long time, and only use AdAway.
Re:Pi-hole – A black hole for Internet advertisements
by dredmorbius on Monday March 13, 2017 @06:50PM
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Belt ans suspenders.
Defense in depth.
Before anyone chews me out, as this effectively renders many free apps equivalent to their premium (ad-free) counterparts, I usually pay for said premium versions to compensate their developers.