[alpaca128]

It makes sense to use both, but there is no alternative to "context-aware" ad blocking within the browser. YouTube video ads cannot be blocked via hosts file, same for any ad that's served directly from that site.

Also uBlock Origin lets you block any HTML element on any site. This lets you (interactively!) cut out autoplaying videos, annoying popups and basically anything that you as an individual user find distracting.

Or how about the option to block loading of large images? Try implementing that system wide without accidentally breaking certain requests using `curl` and while still allowing the user to flip that switch in seconds.

There's no single abstraction layer where it makes sense to do everything at once.