[akaitea]

Thanks Sony, I had no idea this site existed until now

[nickthegreek]

Went to check out the site (Canna.to) and it wouldn't load. Then I wondered what Upstream DNS I was using on my pi-hole... sure enough, Quad9.

Then I went to load the site on my phone, and it tried to open 98 popups...

[webmobdev]

> ... it tried to open 98 popups...

You need to install the uBlock Origin extension - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin... (and if you know some web development, the uMatrix extension - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/umatrix/ ). Best used with Firefox or Palemoon browser. I have it on my browser and saw zero pop-ups.

[cykros]

I have brave with uBlock and other than a "site is insecure" warning it loaded just fine, no pop ups. Those still exist?

[nickthegreek]

it _tried_ to open. it did not succeed.

[GlumWoodpecker]

Their "unfiltered" DNS (9.9.9.10) still resolves the domain:

$ dig canna.to @9.9.9.9

[...]

;; Got answer:

;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 52168

[...]

$ dig canna.to @9.9.9.10

[...]

;; Got answer:

;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 20506

[...]

;; ANSWER SECTION:

canna.to. 300 IN A 46.148.26.194

[...]

[justsomehnguy]

No popups on me on the desktop FF, but I have strict security enabled. No uBlock bullshit.

[abwizz]

operator probably realized the traffic surge and decided to monetize tru ranking up ads

[cykros]

I tried to make use of a new site to know about but I can't even figure out why anyone would use this instead of just grabbing songs off of youtube with youtube-dl or Newpipe. This feels like music piracy circa right before Napster.

[cykros]

Just saw "Est 1999" on the top of the page. Guess they get a pass for old site design.

[supernikio2]

Quintessential Streisand Effect.

[cykros]

I assume Sony was just trying to hit this site with the Slashdot effect by taking this action as an indirect DDOS.

[lakomen]

Thanks, I've now joined their Telegram channel. Always nice to have a resource for current music. Thank you again Sony.