3 ms·
This is nice, and having 95% of the code shared across platforms is no small task. One thing I miss with 1.1.1.1 and WARP is DNS based ad blocking and filterin
by newscracker 5y ago
This is nice, and having 95% of the code shared across platforms is no small task.
One thing I miss with 1.1.1.1 and WARP is DNS based ad blocking and filtering. NextDNS has handled that part quite well, allowing multiple profiles (so you can have different rules for different devices) to be setup in a single account. One can choose different filter lists and manage custom allow/deny lists too. The simpler filter lists are what one would choose with something like uBlock Origin. The NextDNS app on iOS is also just a DoH DNS provider and not a “VPN” app. This allows using another VPN app (or VPN service) while simultaneously relying on NextDNS for DNS.
I understand that Cloudflare wants users to use WARP+ for routing traffic too, but it would be useful to add more flexible DNS filtering capabilities (similar to NextDNS) and also provide for a non-VPN setup on iOS. As I understand it, the Cloudflare DNS service has a malware blocking/family mode and another (default) one that’s not.
- josephcsible 5y ago> One thing I miss with 1.1.1.1 and WARP is DNS based ad blocking and filtering. Isn't that a lot less useful today anyway, given the new trend of serving ads through the same domain as the content you want to see? Why not just go all in on uBlock Origin?
- nullify88 5y agoBecause DNS based adblocking goes further than ads blocked in the browser. Its also effective in mobile apps, and other devices such as Smart TVs where it is not possible to have uBlock do the filtering. I agree its effectiveness is wearing down as ads are served via the first party domain, but it still does make a difference.
- handrous 5y agoPihole still catches 95+% of ads for me.