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Also, how about blocking on the DNS level? Why does this article concerned with in browser ad blocking only? I bet it is much less resource utilisation if you d
by StreamBright 8y ago
Also, how about blocking on the DNS level? Why does this article concerned with in browser ad blocking only? I bet it is much less resource utilisation if you do it in lower layers.
- thetinguy 8y agoDNS adblocking sucks because it takes too long to turn off when a website breaks because of ads.
- StreamBright 8y agoOn contrary, I do not want to use any website that breaks because of ads.
- kkm 8y agoYes, that's another way to look at it. But it is not necessarily true for all the users.
- StreamBright 8y agoI understand, I never implied that it is for all users, I was just mentioning that there are other options than JS ad filtering. Btw. DNS based filtering works for non tech-savvy users like my parents who would certainly fall for malicious ads which are frequent even on Google. And guess how ransom-wares spread. https://www.zdnet.com/article/skype-served-up-malware-through-in-app-malicious-ads/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/skype-served-up-malware-throug...
- kkm 8y agoYes, I think there are certain domains specially spyware, malware that need to be blocked altogether and DNS blocking is the most optimal way for that, specially considering the wide adoption of IoT, where extensions cannot run.
- stordoff 8y agoI don't find that. Logging into my Pi-Hole and disabling it temporarily takes about 10 seconds, and with how infrequently it happens it's a non-issue.
- kkm 8y ago- As pointed out in the previous comment, with DNS based blocking users often have to choose between convenience and privacy. As an example: Blocking ads on Youtube with DNS blocking is very hard, unless you block youtube* itself. - It does not give you fine grained permission: Like, if you only want to allow a particular third-party on a specific site. While DNS based blocking is fast but at the same time it is also difficult for an average user to surf the web anonymously using the same.
- StreamBright 8y agoYoutube is an interesting example, I use it less and less because of ads but can you block ads in it with anything? The problem for me is that I have several devices that do not run JS (like TV box) and do not use a browser for watching content. For this reason it is probably the only solution to block bad content on the DNS level. I like to pay for what I get (Netflix) and I reject the entire ad based surveillance capitalism as a whole.
- kkm 8y agoOn platforms which supports extensions it's easy to block. For platforms not supporting extensions it is really tricky and afaik, there is no solution that works all the time for YouTube. With the increasing adoption of DoH it will be interesting to see how DNS based blocking happens for TV Box etc. I have not checked but was mentioned that YouTube does not show ads while watching videos via chromecast. It will be interesting to check how that happens.
- Bjartr 8y agoI pay for YouTube (via a Google music subscription) and never see YouTube ads on any device I'm logged in on.
- kkm 8y agoNice, is this the YouTube Red subscription?