[micromacrofoot]

Strongly recommend ad blocking on the network level with something like a pihole, one of the best tech related things I've ever done

[franga2000]

Network-level blockers are very crude and tend to cause errors that are hard to debug and fix. I get it if you have no other option and they work well enough with a very conservative blocklist, but in my experience a dedicated extension will block more ads, block them better (no blank spots in pages), break legitimate content less often and when it does be far easier to temporarily bypass.

[micromacrofoot]

I've tracked down the "legitimate content" a few times and these are usually trackers, just baked in so deeply they break the content too.

[zamadatix]

Sure but the point is a browser level adblockers can separate the tracker content from the legitimate content while a network level blocker can either block both or neither.

[micromacrofoot]

Yes, but I can't install browser ad blockers on gaming consoles, TVs, and whatever other appliances the internet of shit will produce.

[indianets]

Also other apps.

[maxmcd]

So many large sites have started serving ads through the hostnames that serve their applications. It feels like a losing battle to keep only blocking at the DNS level.

[cpmsmith]

It's true this is nice, but it's no replacement for a browser extension, and only does anything while you're at home.

[micromacrofoot]

I haven't left my home in what feels like 1000 years

[jonwest]

Unless you’re also automating a VPN connection to your home network when you leave it, which can be very helpful if you’re running something like pihole

[cpuguy83]

I've had pinhole straight up break real sites. Took me a bit to figure out it was pihole and not some browser extension.