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by Terretta 2151 days ago
Like pihole, the device friendly NextDNS.io service can follow/block the CNAMEs.
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And some trackers have already sidestepped that and switched to proxying requests server side.

The only reason anyone is using CNAMEs is because pihole and NextDNS are of negligible adoption, and adding a CNAME is super easy to do. Once CNAME blocking is more prevalent, it will become mainstream to proxy tracking requests as well.

example: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection...