[gruez]

pi-hole is worse at adblocking than browser based adblockers (ublock origin, abp, etc.) because they can only block on domains. so it can't block ads such as

    somesite.example/ads/banner1.jpg

or

    somecdn.example/adcompany/ads.js

it also can't block inline ads such as those in google search results.

[wolrah]

Exactly. DNS-based blocking is basically using an oversize hammer to drive nails. It works in some cases, but eventually you're going to run in to either false positives or false negatives depending on how it's configured.

It's basically only actually useful for locked down platforms like certain fruit-flavored mobile devices that don't allow their users to install a proper ad blocker. If you use platforms that respect their users' choices of software you don't need it.

[gruez]

>It's basically only actually useful for locked down platforms like certain fruit-flavored mobile devices that don't allow their users to install a proper ad blocker

not even.

https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Ge...

https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aitunes.apple.com+adbl...

[ripdog]

Doesn't work in apps, and how much time do you spend in your mobile browser these days? I don't think most people use it much if at all.