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Re: Ask HN: What ist your AdBlock strategy?

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Post by tricked »

newscracker wrote: post #55

Whatever you end up using, make sure that there is an easy way to turn it off and on from each client device. A network wide blocker could cause issues with some sites (like banking, as an example). Tangential topic: I see some suggestions for NextDNS here as an additional layer. I can’t speak for Android, but if you’re looking for iOS/iPadOS/macOS/tvOS, note that NextDNS does not work well on these. The app hasn’t b…

NextDNS does support creating a profile, you can just install that and it does the dns configs for you etc that method seemed to work fairly well for me.

Re: Ask HN: What ist your AdBlock strategy?

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Post by 0dayz »

I use:

* portmaster on any desktop - for better security and privacy

* tracker control on android - not technically written for ad blocking but it works for 90% of ads

* ublock origin + decentralzeyed + consent-o-matric and cookie flag on Firefox.

Re: Ask HN: What ist your AdBlock strategy?

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Post by lemontheme »

Switched to Adguard a couple of months ago and have been very happy. Before that I mostly used UBO on Chrome together with consent-o-matic for cookie banners.

What I like about Adguard is that I can more freely switch between browsers without needing to take into account how well their builtin blocking works or if they still support Mv2. And just like with my choice to use 1password over self-hosting Bitwarden, I’ll gladly pay a bit more if it means not having to maintain yet another service.

Re: Ask HN: What ist your AdBlock strategy?

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Post by SSLy »

newscracker wrote: post #55

Whatever you end up using, make sure that there is an easy way to turn it off and on from each client device. A network wide blocker could cause issues with some sites (like banking, as an example). Tangential topic: I see some suggestions for NextDNS here as an additional layer. I can’t speak for Android, but if you’re looking for iOS/iPadOS/macOS/tvOS, note that NextDNS does not work well on these. The app hasn’t b…

ControlD is now replacing nextdns apps and functionality

Re: Ask HN: What ist your AdBlock strategy?

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Post by Havoc »

newscracker wrote: post #55

Whatever you end up using, make sure that there is an easy way to turn it off and on from each client device. A network wide blocker could cause issues with some sites (like banking, as an example). Tangential topic: I see some suggestions for NextDNS here as an additional layer. I can’t speak for Android, but if you’re looking for iOS/iPadOS/macOS/tvOS, note that NextDNS does not work well on these. The app hasn’t b…

If an ad blocker causes issues with banking sites then you either need a new blocker or a new bank

Re: Ask HN: What ist your AdBlock strategy?

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Post by nobody9999 »

ryukoposting wrote: post #61

Firefox and uBO, plus pi-hole on an old Celeron NUC alongside some other stuff (Samba, HA, etc). Pi-Hole is worth it, I highly recommend it. You don't need a Pi, just grab a cheap used mini PC off eBay. It's been a total set-and-forget thing.

>You don't need a Pi, just grab a cheap used mini PC off eBay

I run pihole in a VM myself. And it works nicely. It doesn't use very much in the way of resources either. In fact, I've been thinking about moving to a docker/podman container.

I don't use "upstream" resolvers either. Rather, I use my own recursive resolver.

Those plus uBlockOrigin do the job quite nicely for me.

Re: Ask HN: What ist your AdBlock strategy?

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Post by AStonesThrow »

newscracker wrote: post #54
rsyring wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ditto except NextDNS as default on my network for DNS blocking. I can switch to cloudflare DNS in Firefox to circumvent DNS routing which is occasionally necessary, mostly to make email links work.

NextDNS does not work many a times. I prefer the iOS app so that it’s easy to disable when needed, but the app has not been updated for a few years. Many a times the test page at test.nextdns.io will show as unconfigured and sometimes it will show as passing the test. On Apple TV, I have the NextDNS profile installed, but it still doesn’t work. Most of the community forum posts on NextDNS don’t get any answers. I’m s…

NextDNS was working a treat for me, and it was only through NextDNS's meticulous logging that I immediately discovered that my consumer grade router was hopelessly compromised: joined a botnet, trafficking porn, IDK.

So I threw the router out the window, and signed up to rent CPE from my ISP; edge router security is now 100% their responsibility!

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