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Re:Pi-Hole: Why You Need a Network-Wide Ad-Blocker by alsetmusic on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @11:28AM (#17707483)
> Yes, but as long as they don't pihole works beautifully because the ads are killed before they are downloaded, in stead of stripped after the download (like with uBlock).

> Especially on data capped devices like mobile phones it works wonders.

Are you implying that pihole works wonders on data-capped devices such as mobile phones? If the phone is connected to a network with a pihole, it isn’t using the capped cellular service. If it is using the capped cellular service, it isn’t going through a pihole. Am I missing something?

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Re:Pi-Hole: Why You Need a Network-Wide Ad-Blocker by dtparr on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @12:01PM (#17707804)
It's less common, but some people use a VPN while on mobile data to get back to their local network.

https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/vpn/overview/

I guess you could also setup your pihole to be externally accessible and then point your phone's DNS at it, though I'm not sure that's a particularly good idea.

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Re:Pi-Hole: Why You Need a Network-Wide Ad-Blocker by pard68 on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @12:01PM (#17707809)
Some ISPs have caps as well. Comcast has caps in most of the USA for example.
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Re:Pi-Hole: Why You Need a Network-Wide Ad-Blocker by crtasm on Tuesday August 07, 2018 @01:18PM (#17708532)
My phone and tablet connect via openvpn to a server running pi-hole.
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