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Re:Pi-Hole 4.3.2 by xienze on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @09:36AM (#21059971)
> My goodness the internet is a dumpster fire without it. So many pages lagging and slow to load.

Yeah, people always knock pi-hole for not blocking "everything" like browser-based blockers do, but even though it's not perfect it still makes a huge difference. Due to some network changes I had to go without pi-hole for a couple days after having previously used it for years, and you never really appreciate how much crap pi-hole traps until it's gone.

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Re:Pi-Hole 4.3.2 by distances on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @12:40PM (#21062026)
Is it still worthwhile to set up if I have ad blocking in all my browsers?
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Re:Pi-Hole 4.3.2 by hendersoon on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @01:25PM (#21062507)
Not for your browsers, no. UBlock Origin is far better than any host-based adblocker.

I use pihole to block ads inside apps, it's unmatched for that.

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Re:Pi-Hole 4.3.2 by distances on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @03:35PM (#21063735)
That would be a suitable use case, but I don't think I use any apps that contain ads.
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Re:Pi-Hole 4.3.2 by jddj on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @04:24PM (#21064238)
It's not just ads in apps, it blocks tracking beacons too. If I connect my (big Chinese manufacturer's) android device to my vps which has the pihole running I can watch as one or two requests per second are blocked with no browser open.
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Re:Pi-Hole 4.3.2 by bravoetch on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @01:16AM (#21067831)
Things like sonos devices make constant requests to metrics servers. Pi-hole drops that shit in a bottomless pit.
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