Adhole.org is shutting down

Post by KronisLV » Thu, Jan 13, 2022, 2:44 PM UTC

MomoXenosaga wrote: post #18

KronisLV wrote: post #2

> ...grew out to become a worldwide multi-node adblocking DNS network with thousands of concurrent users around the globe… but that also meant more server load, which meant upgrading servers, more incident (reports) and as such more work. In other words; the project has become a victim of its own success. Isn't this a problem that most hobbyist projects that get big have to deal with in some capacity? To me it seems…

What company would associate itself with blocking advertising? Worse it could end up like AdBlock plus.

  - has resources for supporting a project like this
  - doesn't have any connection to the ad industry and therefore don't care for backpressure from it
  - views ads as a security risk and a vector for attacks (in addition to other questionable content) on their corporate devices

Post by that_guy_iain » Thu, Jan 13, 2022, 2:53 PM UTC

olivierduval wrote: post #14

JimWestergren wrote: post #13

>Since the endpoints even made it into XDA articles, I will make sure to keep the domain registered and under my control for the next year, to prevent adhole.org from being abused by DNS hijackers/spoofers. Nobody else then me that thinks that 1 year is too soon here? Cost of domain renewal is very little.

Actually : it's a really nice move to keep this domain up and under control for one year! Moreover, I guess that people relying on this service will soon start to see the errors, go to the website, understand the situation and move on... so 1 year is quite enough I think. It's not like it was a service people use once a year...

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jan 13, 2022, 3:12 PM UTC

gunapologist99 wrote: post #28

rplnt wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> donating/selling the entire project to some company or foundation It's not 100% clean service - you are arbitrarily blocking access to certain resources, so I would guess companies wouldn't want to be associated with it. > having a business around it For a service like this, it could pose a major breach in trust for its users. Maybe there's a business that doesn't involve changes in the DNS that I don't see.

but people sign up voluntarily, right? So the users are actually the ones arbitrarily blocking their own access.

Post by bdcravens » Thu, Jan 13, 2022, 3:28 PM UTC

pkage wrote: post #36

ignoramous wrote: post #22

> ...grew out to become a worldwide multi-node adblocking DNS network with thousands of concurrent users around the globe This is hard because DNS going down means Internet is down for anyone who isn't savvy to check and change a failing DNS upstream. And when your users are global, it might mean some really angry users if you couldn't fix emergent issues for hours on end. I run a public content-blocking DNS stub res…

> $1 per 2tps DNS traffic What are tps? I'm not familiar with the term and couldn't turn up much. T per second?

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jan 13, 2022, 3:32 PM UTC

orangepurple wrote: post #32

float4 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh come on, you can't be that cynical? The creator started the project 5 years ago because people around him without technical ability wanted a DNS ad blocker, but didn't know how to setup pi-hole. His peak MRR through Patreon was 13$, and he received one or two separate donations of ~10$ every month as well. The servers alone cost him more money than he received. Dutch source: https://tweakers.net/nieuws/191950/open…

> Oh come on, you can't be that cynical? Christel Dahlskjaer, the former head of Freenode's staff who transferred her interest in Freenode Limited to Lee, resigned in March. Dahlskjaer, with the help of Richard “RichiH” Hartmann, took over Freenode after project originator Rob Levin (lilo) died in a traffic accident in 2006 and Levin’s brother tried to turn the project into business. She was an employee of PIA at the…