[doubled112]

Is the adblocking VPN doing anything some DNS block lists on your router or device wouldn’t do?

You can’t do MITM on HTTPS anyway, so I can’t imagine they would do anything more than a $20 Pi Zero and PiHole, except for the fact that somebody else is managing it.

[aldousd666]

I could do that, but then I'd have to maintain it. I used to hostfile hack my devices. but the vpn is just easier.

[doubled112]

Fair enough. Sometimes a VPN is also easier than forcing each device to use a specific DNS server too. I get it.