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Re:BeGoneAds – A Python script that blocks ads by installing... by sherincall on Monday June 10, 2019 @11:55AM (#20147903)
I get that this is just someone's side project, I'm glad it exists and they're free to write it in their favorite language/environment and all; but the effort to actually run this is equivalent to actually copying the hosts files manually, and I already have all the dependencies installed. I could never get my non-techy parents to run this properly.

If the goal of the project is actual adoption, a native executable without external dependencies would have been a much better option.

Re:BeGoneAds – A Python script that blocks ads by installing... by anned20 on Monday June 10, 2019 @11:57AM (#20147926)
This is a todo, It's already on PyPI and I'm working on getting it packaged for all the main distros of Linux/Windows and MacOS.
Re:BeGoneAds – A Python script that blocks ads by installing... by sherincall on Monday June 10, 2019 @12:01PM (#20147972)
I saw the todo item, but didn't realize it also included providing an executable for Windows and macOS. Thanks!