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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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