(#inlcude my typical rant about why in the US the consumers are not better protected against such ads, this is completely illegal in Europe)

I used to have an EdgeRouter which was a huge improvement to the ISP-provided crappy box but ultimately the configuration was so complicated and inconsistent that I switched to a small fanless debian box. I put Pi-Hole there, which also covered DHCP and DNS services (synchronized together).

It has been a blast and I have more confidence that I will understand what is happening (vs the ER magic)