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Is it still worthwhile to set up if I have ad blocking in all my browsers?

• hendersoon 7y ago
  Not 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 ago
    That would be a suitable use case, but I don't think I use any apps that contain ads.
    • jddj 7y ago
      It'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 ago
      Things like sonos devices make constant requests to metrics servers. Pi-hole drops that shit in a bottomless pit.