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is there a way to run this pi-hole on cloud so, multiple users can use it , and also while using mobile data ? also, for those who do not want to spend on / does knot know to fiddle with RPi.
This should only be done in combination with a VPN. Open DNS points are not generally recommended Check out nextdns instead. It can likely do what you had in mind
is AdGuard also a similar approach ?
That's me.
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I feel this heavily depends on your goal. IMHO, this points at Firefox being used mostly by ad-averse, tech-savvy users, while the less-adverse, less-savvy users prefer Safari and/or Chrome. If your objective is to maximize ad revenue, the most obvious approach would now be to ignore Firefox completely and focus on non-FF browsers. Of course, following web standards would be the Golden Way, and more selfless actors f…
Is there a good blocking solution for Safari? From what I understand uBlock Origin cannot operate on Safari due to the way that it disallows some allows access to the underlying source of the webpage. Also it seems like extensions on Safari require you to install them via the App Store which just seems so dumb and unintuitive compared to Chrome/Firefox. If they fixed these two issues, I think Safari usage would be mu…
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I am amazed at how non-techy people use the internet. I teach college and I will sometimes have students go to some web site. I am amazed at how few use adblocking and just accept all the ads and popups and overlays and crap. Even more than that, I will see them using something like google docs and google will put an overlay for some new feature and they don't click the X to close it. They just type away with that ov…
You all but certainly overestimate typical technological literacy. About 5% of computer users have "advanced" literacy, defined as "Some navigation across pages and applications is required to solve the problem. The use of tools (e.g. a sort function) is required to make progress towards the solution. The task may involve multiple steps and operators. The goal of the problem may have to be defined by the respondent,…
Fediverse is usually hardcore web 2.0 "runs only in latest Chrome" "I remember entire caniuse.org" sort of stuff, not much different from facebook. So its first adopters can be only non-technical users, but they can't be first adopters of new technology.
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>why should we put up with it? You, your friends, and your family personally don't have to put up with it. Ublock Origin can block ads on Youtube with ease.
I agree on a personal level, although at a societal level I believe regulation is required. As per the parent comment to my original one, I just fundamentally do not believe that most advertising contributes anything positive to society and mostly generates negative externalities.
I honestly don't know if that argument holds water.
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For "crypto" transactions, on-chain is no longer seen as a stringent requirement. In fact, the entire DeFi ecosystem wouldn't exist if there wasn't a cryptographically-secure way of doing transactions off-chain on second-level chains (0x, Polygon, Compound etc) or on chain of chains (Polkadot, Cosmos, Kava etc), or on chains built for payments (Celo, Diem, Stellar etc). Beside, Orchid.com whitepaper talks about doing…
Sure, if you put a layer on top, you can do whatever you want! It just adds more centralization, which isn't better than something like a Venmo that would be based on fiat.
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I use uMatrix. It allows me to block all third party scripts by default, easily unblock them one by one if I need to, and save my changes for sites I visit often.
And well upwards of 95% of all Web users (and I'm willing to bet closer to 99%) ... will not or can not use such tools. (I support several. Tuning sites where uMatrix or even uBlock breaks stuff is a constant chore.)
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Things like documentaries are mostly watched by already well-off people (mostly middle class and up). In Germany, public TV is paid for by (nearly?) every household. [0] Forcing everyone, including poor people, to subsidize rich people's taste for documentaries seems a bit.. off? Similar arguments apply to public libraries and opera houses, though at least there the financing is done mostly via progressive taxation.…
Well, when people complain about a growing wealth divide, and those who are doing okay financially say that childhood access to public libraries and documentaries made them who they are, shouldn't those things receive funding?
- Good Will Hunting
edit: btw, speaking of libraries, copyrighteousness is destroying our society
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That is how it is with documentaries. Just because they are getting lower viewing numbers doesn't mean you shouldn't keep promoting them. Certainly there should be a mix of entertainment and public interest stuff, but following audience preferences for entertainment creates a feedback loop that damages society.
How many of these documentaries are actually public interest though? Versus propaganda by someone with an agenda to push under the guise of intellectualism?
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As someone who has been in one or another meeting with German TV stations I can assure you this is not completely far fetched. The people deciding what is running at these stations are of the mindset (a translated quote): > Our average viewer is 65 years old and watches TV while doing the dishes, we must not show things that cannot be understood by them and then they will serenade about how they would "love to have a…
> > Our average viewer is 65 years old and watches TV while doing the dishes, we must not show things that cannot be understood by them I haven't watched german TV in ages, but I distinctly remember science shows degrading from science to thinly veiled ads - things like literally running a companies marketing video or making a "scientific comparison" where they hand out random style points at the end to make a specif…