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Re:In June 2024, ad blockers such as uBlock Origin will be d... by PH95VuimJjqBqy on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @01:12PM (#38367550)
can pihole block ads as effectively as ublock origin?
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Re:In June 2024, ad blockers such as uBlock Origin will be d... by CommanderData on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @02:35PM (#38368816)
It's DNS level adblocking, so no.

E.g. If sites used a hardcoded IP address, pihole will be useless. Same applies if devices such as TVs use their own DNS/DNS over TLS.

Sort of see IP + DNS blocking catching on next once pihole becomes ineffective.

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Re:In June 2024, ad blockers such as uBlock Origin will be d... by PH95VuimJjqBqy on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @03:31PM (#38369634)
that's what I thought but I don't use pihole so thought it might be effective somehow.
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Re:In June 2024, ad blockers such as uBlock Origin will be d... by Kubuxu on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @01:36PM (#38367982)
No, it can't, as it primarily supports only domain blocking.
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