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Ad free internet costs ~$40 one time fee. Raspberry Pi + pihole dns.

zetsurin 3y ago
I also run this, and it's pretty worth it, but 40$ discounts the time, and makes it sound like the perfect solution. While it is good, it isn't perfect.
- isoprophlex 3y ago
  2$/month for NextDNS for dns adblocking as a service. Works outside of your home, too.
fastest963 3y ago
Genuinely curious what you do when a site asks you to turn off your adblocker? PiHole doesn't have an option to whitelist an individual site like an extension does. Do you just leave the site or do you temporarily turn off PiHole?
- uneekname 3y ago
  A lot of folks just temporarily disable their pi-hole. This happens rarely depending on where you hang out on the internet, I can't remember the last time it happened to me
- Moldoteck 3y ago
  Different options. Turn off pihole for that site. Or using something like archive.is or wayback machine. Sometimes just blocking the banner with ublock works too. Other times there are link previews like telegram quick view
- cwales95 3y ago
  You can whitelist domains. What I do is toggle reader mode for that site if on mobile. That always bypasses it. I can also select the overlay on uBlock origin. If that doesn’t work I’ll disable JavaScript for the site since these popular need JavaScript. If all that fails I’ll simply not use the site.
- stalfosknight 3y ago
  Disable JavaScript and refresh the page.
AlexCoventry 3y ago
uBlock Origin is free.
- procinct 3y ago
  True but this only blocks ads in the browser.
- dredmorbius 3y ago
  Both have their uses. PiHole protects your entire LAN (home, office, whatever). uBlock protects your browser / device wherever it goes. Defence in depth Is in fact A Thing.
wildrhythms 3y ago
I tried Pihole a couple of years ago, and while it did block every god forsaken ad, I had a lot of trouble with sites not working right, and the process of turning off the Pihole for that was annoying. Has anything changed since then?
- alex_young 3y ago
  IDK, I find the web interface pretty easy to use - you can whitelist stuff you need to use over and over again, and disable the whole thing if you encounter something one off with a single click.

I also run this, and it's pretty worth it, but 40$ discounts the time, and makes it sound like the perfect solution. While it is good, it isn't perfect.

isoprophlex 3y ago
2$/month for NextDNS for dns adblocking as a service. Works outside of your home, too.

fastest963 3y ago

Genuinely curious what you do when a site asks you to turn off your adblocker? PiHole doesn't have an option to whitelist an individual site like an extension does. Do you just leave the site or do you temporarily turn off PiHole?

uneekname 3y ago
A lot of folks just temporarily disable their pi-hole. This happens rarely depending on where you hang out on the internet, I can't remember the last time it happened to me
Moldoteck 3y ago
Different options. Turn off pihole for that site. Or using something like archive.is or wayback machine. Sometimes just blocking the banner with ublock works too. Other times there are link previews like telegram quick view
cwales95 3y ago
You can whitelist domains. What I do is toggle reader mode for that site if on mobile. That always bypasses it. I can also select the overlay on uBlock origin. If that doesn’t work I’ll disable JavaScript for the site since these popular need JavaScript. If all that fails I’ll simply not use the site.
stalfosknight 3y ago
Disable JavaScript and refresh the page.

AlexCoventry 3y ago

uBlock Origin is free.

procinct 3y ago
True but this only blocks ads in the browser.
dredmorbius 3y ago
Both have their uses. PiHole protects your entire LAN (home, office, whatever). uBlock protects your browser / device wherever it goes. Defence in depth Is in fact A Thing.

wildrhythms 3y ago

I tried Pihole a couple of years ago, and while it did block every god forsaken ad, I had a lot of trouble with sites not working right, and the process of turning off the Pihole for that was annoying. Has anything changed since then?

alex_young 3y ago
IDK, I find the web interface pretty easy to use - you can whitelist stuff you need to use over and over again, and disable the whole thing if you encounter something one off with a single click.