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Why don't more people use hosts files and apps like gas mask to switch them?
by JustSomeNobody 10y ago
Why don't more people use hosts files and apps like gas mask to switch them?
- aikah 10y ago> Why don't more people use hosts files and apps like gas mask to switch them? how many people know what a host file is ? that will answer your question. ad-block is the simplest way to block ads for a non technical user.
- throwaway7767 10y ago> how many people know what a host file is ? that will answer your question. ad-block is the simplest way to block ads for a non technical user. An in-browser ad blocker is also more effective, regardless of your technical skill. Hosts blocks only work if the ads are served from their own server, which is certainly not always the case. Either you don't block the hard ads, or you block way too much and break a bunch of sites.
- Nursie 10y agoElement hiding, selective re-enablement and the like. Not that the hosts file thing is wrong, it's a bit of a sledgehammer approach though.
- majewsky 10y agoAgreed. But I'm still using domain-based blocking on my router as an additional line of defense for clients that cannot malware-block.
- segmondy 10y agoBeen there done that, too much work.
- stephengillie 10y agouMatrix Origin does this really well.
- Exuma 10y agouhhh, because its 20 times more tedious?
- JustSomeNobody 10y agoHmmm... Gas mask on OS X makes it pretty simple. It's pretty effective and I don't have to worry about add-ons using lots of resources when I am running multiple browsers. But, I suppose to each their own.
- c3833174 10y agoThey're useful on devices that don't support browser addons or on local DNS servers, like home routers