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Re:URL shorteners set ad tracking cookies by llacb47 on Sunday January 03, 2021 @09:35PM (#25627408)
No, more is not usually better. Especially with a garbage ""AI-generated"" (not) list with untrustworthy maintainers like this one. It's better to add a low number of lists with trusted maintainers, who actively curate their lists and respond to false positives. That means no "mega-list" abominations like oisd.nl.

I suggest: https://www.github.developerdan.com/hosts/

https://gitlab.com/curben/urlhaus-filter/raw/master/urlhaus-...

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/notracking/hosts-blocklist...

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anudeepND/blacklist/master...

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Re:URL shorteners set ad tracking cookies by Merman_Mike on Sunday January 03, 2021 @10:44PM (#25627744)
Can you explain why more is not usually better?

I added the 4 lists you recommended to my Pi-Hole, which added a net new 73,253 domains to my Pi-Hole. My total is now close to 2M.

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Re:URL shorteners set ad tracking cookies by PixyMisa on Monday January 04, 2021 @12:17AM (#25628125)
You could just blacklist *.com and be done with it.
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Re:URL shorteners set ad tracking cookies by freebuju on Monday January 04, 2021 @02:30AM (#25628619)
You joke but I would be most happy if all my web needs could be served on .onion addresses
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