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Exactly. Thank you for taking the time and elaborating on the difference for those, who may be confused about it. Now compare to the article: "chrome users are
by 112233 2y ago
Exactly. Thank you for taking the time and elaborating on the difference for those, who may be confused about it.
Now compare to the article: "chrome users are forced to use less capable UbO lite. Enter PiHole!"
So, basically, PiHole gives you all that you lose because of the Chrome dropping v2. I cannot read that in any other way.
- dredmorbius 2y agoQuibble: PiHole gives you back some of what you lose with uBo. uBo will block more than just source-based content (though it does include very extensive domain blocklists). It will also, for example, block YouTube ads (added by YT, but not sponsorship bits within the video itself), ads identified by CSS or JS syntax, and (if you choose to do so) other Web annoyances, for example sticky header/navigation bars if those are present and you've installed the appropriate additional blocklists. PiHole can't do any of the latter, though again, it's far better than nothing, and covers more than just the browser. Example of the latter, one of the Android podcast apps I have inserts advertising, that happens to be caught (usually) by my DNS-based blackhole when I'm at home, but not when I'm travelling. It's jarring to see those ads should I fire up the app when I'm on the road.
- 112233 2y agoquibble quibble: PiHole does not give you anything when going from uBo to uBo lite (edit: which is the scenario covered in the article), because e.g. CNAME decloaking was never available on Chrome! Conversely, adding PiHole helps even if you manage to keep chrome with manifest v2 working!