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> My goodness the internet is a dumpster fire without it. So many pages lagging and slow to load. Yeah, people always knock pi-hole for not blocking "everythin
by xienze 7y ago
> My goodness the internet is a dumpster fire without it. So many pages lagging and slow to load.
Yeah, people always knock pi-hole for not blocking "everything" like browser-based blockers do, but even though it's not perfect it still makes a huge difference. Due to some network changes I had to go without pi-hole for a couple days after having previously used it for years, and you never really appreciate how much crap pi-hole traps until it's gone.
- distances 7y agoIs it still worthwhile to set up if I have ad blocking in all my browsers?
- hendersoon 7y agoNot for your browsers, no. UBlock Origin is far better than any host-based adblocker. I use pihole to block ads inside apps, it's unmatched for that.
- distances 7y agoThat would be a suitable use case, but I don't think I use any apps that contain ads.
- jddj 7y agoIt's not just ads in apps, it blocks tracking beacons too. If I connect my (big Chinese manufacturer's) android device to my vps which has the pihole running I can watch as one or two requests per second are blocked with no browser open.
- bravoetch 7y agoThings like sonos devices make constant requests to metrics servers. Pi-hole drops that shit in a bottomless pit.