You don't need separate hardware if you already have a router or home server under your control. I run the pi-hole equivalent on OpenWRT: https://openwrt.org/d

You don't need separate hardware if you already have a router or home server under your control. I run the pi-hole equivalent on OpenWRT: https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/services/ad-blocking https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/services/ad-blocking It seems to work quite well— I think my only complain is that sponsored links on Google searches show up but then blackhole when clicked. This is a negative user experience because by the time I've seen it, I sometimes find it relevant and want to go there.