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Re: Ask HN: What ist your AdBlock strategy?

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Post by __jonas »

Havoc wrote: post #95
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

Bit of an unrealistic comment, this might be a choice you can make for yourself, but most people don't live alone and share their internet connection with others – I doubt telling your partner or housemates to get a new bank because of the DNS ad blocker you set up on the network will go down well.

Ad blockers pretty much all rely on community-maintained block-lists, there are always going to be mistakes in those that break some sites, or some sites might not act well when unable to send ad/tracking events. I recently had an issue booking a train, which was because of this, turned off the ad blocker and it worked fine, not something that's as easy to do with network level blocking, especially if it was set up by someone else and you're not a technical person. Not booking the train because their site is bad is not a realistic option.

Re: Ask HN: What ist your AdBlock strategy?

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Post by corobo »

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…

As a possible counter to

> but if you’re looking for iOS/iPadOS/macOS/tvOS, note that NextDNS does not work well on these

If your situation supports it I've had zero issues (since May 2021) using NextDNS via tailscale[1] on all of the above devices[2].

I do realise it's not feasible to ask people to set up a VPN just for some adblocking but it's a decent option if you were going to do it anyway :)

[1]: https://tailscale.com/kb/1218/nextdns

[2]: Yes even tvOS: https://tailscale.com/kb/1280/appletv

Re: Ask HN: What ist your AdBlock strategy?

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Post by corobo »

cowboylowrez wrote: post #34

I feel sort of odd never having installed an ad blocker, but firefox must do some stuff also because a few websites still complain and tell me to turn it off, whatever "it" is. I'm pretty good with the youtube skip button does that count?

Likely referencing Firefox's enhanced tracking protection.

You can control it with the lil purple shield icon to the left of the address bar (not that you're obliged to disable it for some website just because they asked, of course!)

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-prote...

Re: Ask HN: What ist your AdBlock strategy?

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Post by baggachipz »

jackjeff wrote: post #88
robertlacok wrote: post #74

On a computer, just uBlock Origin and it works wonders. Tangential question - what is the best solution for iPhone? On Androids you can use Firefox with uBlock, but it seems none of the Safari extensions on iPhone actually work, I tried some paid ones too. Brave seems to work decently well, but I have no idea why - if other browsers have some OS limitation, how does Brave go around it?

I use ublock Origin on the Orion browser on iOS.

An additional ad blocker shouldn't be necessary in Orion, as it has one built-in.

Re: Ask HN: What ist your AdBlock strategy?

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Post by someotherperson »

Computer browser: Brave + uBlock, LocalCDN, Privacy Badger, SponsorBlock (+ Invidious, Redlib, Nitter, etc, when it makes sense)

Phone: Hyperweb (for redirections to alternative frontends) + AdGuard Pro + ControlD DNS-over-HTTPS

Router: ControlD DNS-over-HTTPS

If you're using OpenWRT, check out AdGuard Home. But keep in mind that DNS blocking solutions aren't going to be as effective as tools like uBlock that review the DOM and apply styling filters. Both would work hand-in-hand.

Re: Ask HN: What ist your AdBlock strategy?

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Post by rupestrecampos »

rupestrecampos wrote: post #126

After piHole and AdGuard app in the router now my wide used solution that works it to override dns settings to adguard, works in maaany routers i have tested. AdGuard DNS 94.140.14.14 94.140.15.15

https://adguard-dns.io/en/public-dns.html go to Our server addresses > Plain DNS > default servers

Re: Ask HN: What ist your AdBlock strategy?

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Post by theandrewbailey »

paulcole wrote: post #21

I don’t use an ad blocker on any device. Despite claims to the contrary by people here on HN, it’s fine.

I guess having my device run code that doesn't benefit my experience, unnecessarily consumes resources, and comes from somewhere I don't know is technically "fine". To me, it sounds like a security, privacy, and efficiency nightmare.

Re: Ask HN: What ist your AdBlock strategy?

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Post by throawayonthe »

atmavatar wrote: post #52
marssaxman wrote: post #8

Firefox + uBlock Origin works well for me! It's all I use.

In addition to that, I use EFF's Privacy Badger https://www.eff.org/pages/privacy-badger

afaik there's nothing ublock doesn't block (or can't block with an extra filter or two) that Privacy Badger does, sorta redundant
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