[dbbolton]

My approach was to start by combining SomeoneWhoCares' and MVPS' hosts files with `uniq`, which rendered such browser addons largely, though not entirely, unnecessary. The down side is you can only do that on machines where you have root access.

[kevin_thibedeau]

Hosts files only work for redirecting known bad actors down the memory hole. A noscript style blocker is needed to catch malicious js from new sources not tracked in a hosts database.

[dbbolton]

That's why I said "largely, but not entirely". I still use them.

[ghantila]

Someone is already doing that.

https://hosts.neocities.org/

Warning: Hosts file too large. Could cause problems with Windows DNS Cache.