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Serious question: Would it not be possible to build an adblocker that is not browser based but installable? The browsers control what they allow to be loaded (e
by remoteambience 2y ago
Serious question: Would it not be possible to build an adblocker that is not browser based but installable?
The browsers control what they allow to be loaded (extensions, add-ons). They are forever changing internally. If the blocking was outside the browser, they could do nothing about it. Yes, a type of proxy perhaps, whereby the stream was filtered. Could a type of uBO or similar be created that has lists to filter all traffic through the program?
- Izikiel43 2y agoPihole?
- remoteambience 2y agoI've ran a Pi-hole for years, but increasingly there is 1st-party content and Pi-hole cannot handle this. Likewise for YT videos. Pi-hole cannot handle this issue.
- gigel82 2y agoDNS ad blockers like Pi Hole and AdGuardHome have been around forever. However, in non-free browsers like Edge and Chrome, they can (and do) play all kinds of tricks such as hardcoding DNS servers, cert pinning, fixed DOH routes, etc. which means it's only a matter of time until those stop working as well.
- pabs3 2y agoThat wouldn't block crap that is delivered from the same domain as the content, or stuff delivered within the content itself, like embedded ads, or even content advertising (where the content itself is just advertising).