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I too use Steven Black's hosts file. I can tell when I forget to implement it by the sound of my cpu fan. That said I'm fighting with one big limitation, and th
by troyvit 8y ago
I too use Steven Black's hosts file. I can tell when I forget to implement it by the sound of my cpu fan. That said I'm fighting with one big limitation, and that's the fact that I do understand that some sites are ad supported and I'd like to support those sites. I wish there was a way with the hosts method to enable ads for just those sites without also enabling all the tracking that goes with it.
- WrtCdEvrydy 8y agoThere was a chrome plugin that allowed you to modify the hosts file from an extension window. I wonder if there'd be something that allowed you to allow ads on the current page and just removed it from the hsots file.
- bluedino 8y agoMy browser being able to modify network configuration files. Now there's something I don't want.
- WrtCdEvrydy 8y agoIf you like that, you'll love the 'all_urls' permission which most apps request.
- move-on-by 8y agoYes sadly ads and tracking have become the same. While I certainly don't enjoy ads and have reservations about the ethics of ads altogether - I'm 100% totally against tracking, profiling, and targeting. I allow ads on DuckDuckGo since they are related to what I'm actively searching - but other then that I block all ads since I know they are also tracking me.