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Re:Malaysia started mandating ISPs to redirect DNS queries t... by Sophira on Saturday September 07, 2024 @10:45PM (#41477847)
> The only issue is bandwidth

It's not just bandwidth, though. It's also about not allowing ad companies to collect data about you such as which sites you view.

Not showing ads is important, but it's only half the battle.

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Re:Malaysia started mandating ISPs to redirect DNS queries t... by moi2388 on Sunday September 08, 2024 @01:51AM (#41478445)
Which you can also still do, with around 30k static and 5k dynamic rules with regex possibilities.

Which is a lot.

And even if you somehow hit this number, afterwards you can still intercept every request before the user sees it to modify headers or remove ad content.

Is it annoying? Sure. But again, you can technically still do everything you could before.

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