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For those who want a lot more control and a content blocker, uMatrix would help.
Anything named as “Adblock” or “Adblock Plus” or similar is just a way for advertisers to decide what ads users see and don’t see, depending on how much they’re willing to pay and be held hostage to such extensions.
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Pi-hole has made some pretty poor blocking choices in the past, so use at your own risk. For instance, they randomly decided to block *.microsoft.com - you can imagine the chaos that caused.
Only chaos if you run Windows. I wouldn't even notice if it was blocked.
Or develop for Windows, or have a client who uses Windows, or neer to access any of the documentation on MSDN, or...
https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-is-comp...
Why doesn't ublock origin change its name to something else to avoid this confusion?
Anyone who wants a low overhead and trusted ad blocker should use uBlock Origin. The developer even refuses to take any donations (for some good reasons). For those who want a lot more control and a content blocker, uMatrix would help. Anything named as “Adblock” or “Adblock Plus” or similar is just a way for advertisers to decide what ads users see and don’t see, depending on how much they’re willing to pay and be h…
Amusingly, trying to load the uBlock website was initially blocked by uBlock Origin!
Self-hosted DNS solution with an easy setup and a nice web GUI to manage it. https://pi-hole.net/ https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole
pi-hole is worse at adblocking than browser based adblockers (ublock origin, abp, etc.) because they can only block on domains. so it can't block ads such as somesite.example/ads/banner1.jpg or somecdn.example/adcompany/ads.js it also can't block inline ads such as those in google search results.
It's basically only actually useful for locked down platforms like certain fruit-flavored mobile devices that don't allow their users to install a proper ad blocker. If you use platforms that respect their users' choices of software you don't need it.
Why would they invest "heavily into uBlock" instead of improving AdBlock? It doesn’t make sense to maintain two different ad blockers.
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Pi-hole has made some pretty poor blocking choices in the past, so use at your own risk. For instance, they randomly decided to block *.microsoft.com - you can imagine the chaos that caused.
Sure, it would be chaos if you expect everything to just work out OK. But if you defang Windows 10 properly, it doesn't need to reach Microsoft servers. That is, blocking is a supplementary measure. When I last used Windows, you could host updates locally. And I believe that Microsoft actually recommended that for large firms.
Something has to get the updates in the first place, even with the local P2P sharing.
If you're one of those "I never update my Windows install" people at this point you're beyond hope..
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