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Similar. Pi-hole, uBlock (desktop), vivaldi with adblocking (mobile, FF android has perf issues). For the non-techie, Pi-hole isn't something I quickly recomme
by unethical_ban 5y ago
Similar. Pi-hole, uBlock (desktop), vivaldi with adblocking (mobile, FF android has perf issues).
For the non-techie, Pi-hole isn't something I quickly recommend due to "knowing when it's the culprit", and the effort in disabling it.
I also have a simple Wireguard config (pivpn) installed as well and my mobile devices are set to always-on VPN for DNS only. Occasionally I will have to turn off the VPN to join certain public Wifi. also perhaps consider hosting your VPN on a well known port if you expect to be on restrictive networks.
Final note: Pi-hole and Pi-VPN(as a frontend to WG) can be hosted on any machine. I have them running on containers.
- darkteflon 5y agoI used to run a Pihole, now I just point my router at NextDNS. Not an exact substitute but largely maintenance-free and low cost. Still occasionally breaks something you need, but there’s no way around that as long as the web is such a mess.
- catillac 5y agoThis is true with pihole. PiHole is one of my favorite pieces of software and true to this post opening a website off my home network can result in a horrible, ad-ridden experience. But installing PiHole seems to make a number of sites not work, or for example my devices stop updating because they can’t phone home the update server, and it’s difficult to describe to third parties how to address that. All good on my network, but it did take a little targeted whitelisting effort.