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tl;dr * It works across all devices (will block ads on the DNS level when using your phone on the cell network you usually cannot set the DNS servers in this case) * To disable ads for minutes just disconnect from TS or deselect "Use TS DNS."
Router is OPNsense with its own validating recursor, domain blacklist, and routing blackhole.
Phone runs a private VPN to my router when not on my home network.
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What sort of workloads are you doing where 60ms extra time on your DNS lookups is an issue?
I naively assumed most OS + routers cache DNS queries so that your typical sites will not even require a lookup. Or is that a bad assumption?
I also have whole-network blocking via AdGuard running on a Pi. AdGuard also has a hosted option and you can just run it in a Docker container on a machine on the network.
I also have WireGuard setup on my Ubiquiti network so I often will be running my machines through that when remote which blocks ads for them too.
My husband uses an iPhone, so I run DNS level ad blocking on my OpenWRT router.
Works pretty well most of the time
Pi-Hole is not a option, since I don't have one laying around. Why not buy one?
Pi-Hole is the worst-named software. You don’t need to buy a Raspberry Pi to block ads at the DNS layer, and you don’t even need branded pi-hole software. It’s just dnsmasq which can run on anything.
Firefox + uBlock Origin works well for me! It's all I use.
The same addon, but prefer Ungoogled Chromium as browser. Chrome, Firefox, Brave etc. have too many features I never asked for.