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How I block all online ads
- buttocks 10mo agoNextDNS is sufficient on its own. $20 for a year of no ads (or smut if you want to block that too).
- rmunn 10mo agoFunny story on porn blockers. Back when I attended college, the college I attended blocked porn sites at the DNS level. It was pretty good at its job, but I did notice one false positive: I was trying to access the website for the Extremely Reliable Operating System (whose URL at the time was eros-os.org, though that URL no longer works). The porn blocker blocked my access attempt; I had to click on the "email the sysadmins" link and send them an email saying "Hey, can you add this site to the DNS whitelist? Despite having "eros" in the URL it's got nothing at all to do with porn." They whitelisted it and I had no more false-positives the rest of my college career. But I still laugh about that one, more than two decades later.
- drnick1 10mo agoWhat is the point of such restrictions? DNS blacklists can be trivially bypassed by changing the browser's or the operating system's DNS resolver. For example, and somewhat insidiously, Firefox defaults to using Cloudflare AFAIK.
- jamesbelchamber 10mo agoAdding friction, reducing "accidents" and ticking the "we tried" box.
- mikestew 10mo agoHN title optimizer has once again stripped the “How” from the beginning of the title.
- efilife 10mo agowhat's the point of this?
- JadeNB 10mo ago"I block all online ads" is a less useful title than "How I block all online ads", and pointing out when the title mangler has made the title worse serves as a request to moderators to fix it if they agree. Which they did here, I believe for a net win.
- efilife 10mo agoI meant what's the point of truncating the title like this
- DaveZale 10mo agoBrave browser helps a lot. I can't use some browsers due to the ad clutter. Some can handle the ads, some can't.
- redrix 10mo agoBrave is great, but I just wish it wasn’t Chromium based. It’s always been ironic to me that a Privacy browser is dependent on source code primarily controlled by a company that derives the majority of its revenue from ads… exactly what the browser itself was spun off to shield its users against.
- charcircuit 10mo agoThe majority of Mozilla and Apple's revenue for their browsers comes from ad revenue sharing agreements.
- maineagetter 10mo ago[dead]
- bluecalm 10mo agoI tried using Firefox. I had it as default browser for 2 years but I just keep going back to Chromium. Firefox is slow and crashes/hangs too much in my experience. It was even very slow to open my automatically generated tables for accounting (for simple html but very big files because accounting regulation in my previous country of residence were brain dead). I don't think often published benchmarks tell the whole story there. Now I am back to Brave and very happy. Almost no ads, super fast, doesn't crash or hang.
- schubidubiduba 10mo agoI tried using Brave. It weirded me out with the crypto stuff and random popups. Now back to Firefox, on all my devices, without any crashes ever. And it's just as fast as chromium, which I very very rarely use for bad websites that do not work with Firefox.
- keithnz 10mo agobasically, ublock origin on PC, tends to work well, I don't really see ads except for when the content creator plugs a product directly in their content.
- entropie 10mo agoAdGuard Extra (beta) browser extension blocks twitch adds very reliable.
- tensor 10mo agoWhoa, if you use a VPN eventually instagram will stop showing you ads?!?! Is that really true? Has anyone else found this?
- lousken 10mo agoAlso make sure to block ads on your mobile as well https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/predator-spyware-uses-new-infection-vector-for-zero-click-attacks/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/predator-spyw...
- beloch 10mo agoThere's nothing too unexpected in this post. Firefox + uBlock is pretty much standard now. It's been impossible to recommend Chrome ever since Google moved to manifest v3, which can only be described as deliberate anti-privacy enshittification. The recaptcha solver is starting to become niche, since cloudflare has really taken over (for better or worse). I would add one more useful tool though: A user-agent switcher[1]. There are still some websites that insist you must use Chrome (or sometimes Edge). They will block you if you try to use them with Firefox, even though they work perfectly well and sometimes even better on Firefox than they do on Chrome. A user-agent switcher gives you the option to simply uninstall Chrome for good. e.g. My ISP provides a website for streaming live TV (e.g. sports) that claims to be incompatible with Firefox, but actually runs better (i.e. fewer glitches) on it than it does on Chrome. However, it refuses to load on Firefox unless you use a user-agent switcher. Why do people write websites that refuse to run based on user-agent checks? By all means, warn users that you couldn't be arsed to test things on more than one browser, but why go that extra mile to brick your site when other browsers probably support it quite well? [1]https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/user-agent-string-switcher/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/user-agent-st...
- giancarlostoro 10mo agoI don't use adblock, I just close a website if its ads interrupt my browsing experience.
- kgwxd 10mo agoHow do you remember not to click all the links that have them in the future?
- giancarlostoro 10mo agoYou start to remember sites after a while to be honest.
- ProllyInfamous 10mo agoLearn more about black-listing at /r/PiHole (or Pi-Hole.net)
- tcfhgj 10mo agoWell, ads shown, goal reached.
- Larrikin 10mo agoI prefer poisoning my ad profile instead of passively blocking with Ad Nauseum https://adnauseam.io/ https://adnauseam.io/ . It uses Ublock origin under the hood. I've got my click rate set to high but not 100%.
- gruez 10mo agoAd Nauseum is snakeoil. Their FAQ states that they "click" on ads by sending a XHR request[1]. As you might imagine, this is easily detectable, and given how rampant ad fraud is, fake "clicks" like those are almost certainly filtered by every ad network. Otherwise anyone with a botnet would be able to easily make millions of fake clicks with a few lines of javascript. [1] https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam/wiki/FAQ#how-does-adnauseam-click-ads https://github.com/dhowe/AdNauseam/wiki/FAQ#how-does-adnause...
- Larrikin 10mo agoIf it didn't work, Google wouldn't have banned it well ahead of them banning the working version of uBlock Origin.
- sgc 10mo agoFrom google's perspective it operates as a botnet consuming their resources and creating doubt as to the validity of their product among advertisers (disclaimer: I am not defending their business at all). That's the goal, but costing the advertisers themselves money doesn't necessarily follow.
- GoblinSlayer 10mo agoWasn't the whole idea to open links in hidden tabs?
- wizzwizz4 10mo ago> This lightweight request signals a 'click' on the server responsible for the Ad, but does so without opening any additional windows or pages on your computer. Further it allows AdNauseam to safely receive and discard the resulting response data, rather than executing it in the browser, thus preventing a range of potential security problems (ransomware, rogue Javascript or Flash code, XSS-attacks, etc.) caused by malfunctioning or malicious Ads. You might be thinking of TrackMeNot, which does use tabs (iirc).
- pluc 10mo agoIt's a shame the web has become so predatory to neophytes.
- OptionOfT 10mo agoSome applications tunnel in their ads over non-ad domains, making them unlockable. For example IMDb. And proxying over mitmproxy actually breaks the whole app, because they do certificate pinning.
- subscribed 10mo agoI think Space Weather started to do it too. I was fine with small ads ad the bottom but suddenly its two huge (full screen), unskippable ads. AdGuard's log shows nondescript servers and suddenly a lot of IPv6 connections and then ads :(
- XorNot 10mo agoI view this as a sliding scale these days. Nothing is so important that if the ads are a nuisance I won't just stop using it entirely.
- donkey_brains 10mo agoThis seems like a lot of work. I just point my router at AdGuard DNS and that takes care of all ads on every device on my network. No filter lists, nothing to host, completely free. Only caveat is it doesn’t block ads served by the content provider itself e.g. some streaming services, but from what I hear those are difficult to block with any approach.
- keithnz 10mo agoas per the response to my comment, try SponsorBlock
- coffeecoders 10mo agoI have an Apple TV and I’ve been running iSponsorBlockTV [1] on my Synology box for a while. It auto-skips the sponsored segments and with Youtube premium, it gives me a clean, ad-free setup. I can’t stand those in-video intros or sponsored promos, where I’m suddenly pitched a random VPN or productivity app. [1]. https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV
- tartoran 10mo agoFirefox + uBlock origin and i'm blessed with peaceful browsing experience.
- nipperkinfeet 10mo agoI use uBlock on desktop and laptop with Dan host files. AdGuard DNS on Android, or Firefox Mobile with uBlock extension. Even Edge on mobile has extension support now.
- kylecazar 10mo agoI am so reliant on YouTube Premium that I forget people even see ads on there. I watch an awful lot of long form interviews, lectures, podcasts -- most downloaded for offline. It's the easiest $8/month of all my subscriptions.
- stephen_cagle 10mo agoWait a minute, why is mine $13.99 a month? But agree, totally worth it if you at all value your time.
- baby_souffle 10mo ago> Wait a minute, why is mine $13.99 a month? Only the earliest google music people are still grandfathered in at the insanely low rate. The rest of us have been "upgraded" to at least $14/mo.
- stephen_cagle 10mo agoDamn, I just looked up how long I have been paying using https://payments.google.com/ https://payments.google.com/ . Looks like I've been paying for youtube music since October 2014. These grandfathered people must be really really early. :]
- graton 10mo agoI started paying $7.99/month for Google Play Music in June of 2013. And it is now YouTube Premium and still $7.99/month.
- sphars 10mo agoSame here, joined up when GPM was in beta. Still on the $7.99/month. I really only use it for YTM, so if they ever up my price, I'll cancel and use Tidal or Deezer.
- SoftTalker 10mo ago
- crossroadsguy 10mo ago> but I've heard good things about NextDNS I have used them both paid and free and they are not good. I will pick just one point - support. It's pathetic. Maybe because it's non existent. I stopped paying for it, started using free, then removed it altogether. uBlock Origin really is that good as others are saying. I haven't really needed anything else. Ads in other apps? Well, that's a hit or miss but then a lot of my finance/investment related apps anyway don't work if I use any ad blocking on local network or device label, sadly. Tweaking around it is how I needed support with NextDNS and then realised I've been paying for something with essentially no support.
- temp0826 10mo agoWhat support did you need? Sounds like it's only a matter of checking what's blocked in the logs and adding some exceptions to the allow list? I'm pretty aggressive with the block lists I have selected and expect to fiddle with it lots, but I have a second (much more "reasonable") profile that family uses and it works great (still catches a huge amount of stuff that browser adblockers miss) despite never needing any fiddling. It's been great for me.
- dpc_01234 10mo agoI'm a happy NextDNS user. I'm not sure what kind of support you need that wouldn't be solved by asking AI and/or some community online. They have wonderful integrations, instructions, documentation and features. Blocking ads is not even primary reason I use them - the parental control and safety features are the main reason for me.
- mr_windfrog 10mo agoI'm using Firefox + uBlock Origin, and this combo blocks ads perfectly for me. Anyone else using the same setup?
- kgwxd 10mo agoPerfect combo, where it can be used.
- Andaith 10mo ago+ ghostery + pihole. I like his suggestion of VPN via cloud. I might set up something with wireguard or tailscale for that. I don't really use youtube, but my family does, so If anyone knows a way to get a better ui experience as a google tv app I'd be keen to hear it?
- strangelove026 10mo agowhat does ghostery do for you on top of ublock origin?
- BLKNSLVR 10mo agoThe article links to iSponsorBlockTV: https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV This doesn't change the UI as such, but it auto-mutes ads, and auto-skips once the skip option is available. It's a bit of a funny thing to setup, but it works great once setup.
- nickthegreek 10mo agoI use this via Home Assistant add on to skip ads on my apple tvs. Not as good as smarttube on nvidia shield, but best you can do on tvOS.
- Marsymars 10mo agoYou can self-host Invidious and connect to it with yattee. (The UI is… not the best, but it’s generally functional, and better than ads.)
- treetalker 10mo ago1Blocker on iOS and macOS has been good. It also blocks in-app trackers.
- twodave 10mo agoI actually wonder if the whole anti-ad movement is moving in the wrong direction. And I’m right there with the author running a pi-hole, but I wonder if it would be better to have an extension that will click all of the ads in a way that is invisible to the user. Make all those companies burn thru their budgets for no gain.
- array_key_first 10mo agoYou'd have to, like, spawn a background browser or profile or something to capture the click to prevent tracking or even zero-click exploits.
- twodave 10mo agoFor sure, it would be technically challenging. Especially if the click requires use of a secure cookie. But it doesn’t have to be perfect to be effective, either, at least at first.
- gruez 10mo ago>or even zero-click exploits. You'd need a VM to safely contain any exploits, although you're probably safe from 0days if you're just doing some run of the mill ad clicking. Nobody is burning a 6-7 figure 0day on a public ad network, when they need to save that for targeted attacks like politicians/journalists, so keeping your browser reasonably up to date will be sufficient.
- notpushkin 10mo agoYou’re in luck: https://adnauseam.io/ https://adnauseam.io/
- odie5533 10mo agoAI content is become as insidious as ads were. Is there software to block AI content?
- jenadine 10mo agoTo block adds in android apps, there is DNS66 available on f-droid. https://f-droid.org/packages/org.jak_linux.dns66/ https://f-droid.org/packages/org.jak_linux.dns66/
- thunderbong 10mo agoThanks. From that page - > NOTE: Dvelopment has stopped. The newer dev.clombardo.dnsnet continues development. DNSNet https://f-droid.org/en/packages/dev.clombardo.dnsnet/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/dev.clombardo.dnsnet/
- jenadine 10mo agoLooks like I've been using an outdated version for a few years. Thanks for the notification.
- silisili 10mo agoBrave + NextDNS/ControlD is what I've found the be the ultimate ad blocking combo for the entire household(TVs, phones, computers), when balancing cost/effort. PiHole is popular but IMO not worth the effort when the above are so cheap. There are free ad blocking DNS servers, but they aren't customizable.
- mlrtime 10mo agoHow do you handle the constant complaints about clicking on a email link or some other tracking link and it not working? Or do you not import any lists into nexdns?
- silisili 10mo agoGood question, I forgot this happens time to time. I set DNS at the router instead of devices, so just tell them to turn off wifi on their phones when that happens. It's actually slightly more complicated because of parental controls(if you care)... essentially the router gives out its own IP for DNS via DHCP, and the router itself is configured to use controlD. On my personal computer, I don't remember ever running into this, but if I did I'd just override resolv.conf temporarily. You can also just whitelist the domain(s) too via oneclick actions in both systems, which was my initial caveat that you can't do that using public adblocking DNS.
- nunez 10mo agoThere are more permissive hosts lists that allow email trackers. You can also configure hosts lists per device with adguard home or firewalla
- Marsymars 10mo agoI handled that complaint by switching the house in general to eero’s adblocker, which is more permissive than nextdns and doesn’t generally block tracking links (and intercepts DNS requests to outside servers that aren’t using DoH/DoT), and just using nextdns on my personal devices.
- inesranzo 10mo agoAnyone have a method for blocking ads in RSS? I regularly read https://daringfireball.com https://daringfireball.com and sick of their ads showing up in my RSS feed. It is bad enough and distracting that ads show up on the site (thankfully Firefox and ublock origin does the job already) but on RSS blocking ads is impossible.
- browningstreet 10mo agoI use Inoreader and filter out the ads via keywords. Works for repetitive content too…
- Marsymars 10mo agoIf you use a web RSS reader, then ublock origin will generally work on the ads in the feed. I mostly just avoid subscribing to any feeds with ads. (Or pay for the ad-free feeds.)
- outlore 10mo agoFor the iOS folks, is the Mullvad DNS config better or worse than the Ublock Origin Safari Extension? The former seems a bit more invasive
- nunez 10mo agoWay better. It blocks ads device wide across all apps.
- inesranzo 10mo ago> Ads support content creators and free services. If you value specific creators or platforms, consider supporting them directly through memberships or donations rather than relying solely on ad blocking. Sometimes this isn’t available. I would like to support Daring Fireball (a publication I read a lot) but the only way is to buy an ad slot for $11K which seems like a scam to both the viewer and the advertiser. The advertiser isn’t getting any ROAS (since we are blocking the ads) and since the ads are annoying and repetitive, the viewers would just go elsewhere. I wish more creators would have a “remove ads” tier or an alternative membership tier as a different way to support their content rather than ads.
- notpushkin 10mo agoTry to buy an ad slot for an ad blocker? (A less tongue-in-cheek option would be to email John, say that you’re blocking ads, and ask if you can donate instead. If enough people ask he might put up a form?)
- Marsymars 10mo agoIs there anything like gofundme, but for long-running projects? e.g. “Collect money indefinitely to gofundme escrow until the total is sufficient to buy a daringfireball ad slot.”
- pferde 10mo agoThere is always Patreon and other sites in that style. I support several content creators, both technical and nontechnical, with small monthly payments there.
- inesranzo 10mo agoThis is the best model IMO as it supports creators directly and not the advertisers. If Daring Fireball had this membership subscription model and not selling highly and questionably expensive ad slots I would definitely subscribe, even if the price would be $20 a month or $200 a year. (I would argue he can make more than he charges for ads does already given this model.) But $11K (a week!) is outrageous to support Daring Fireball.
- leephillips 10mo agoOne should not neglect the power of the /etc/hosts file. I use one from https://someonewhocares.org/hosts/ https://someonewhocares.org/hosts/. I don’t bother with browser extensions; I never see ads.
- timbit42 10mo agoI use uBlock Origin because beside blocking ads, it also blocks tracking.
- bdangubic 10mo agohow much time you have to spend online to do all this sh*t to block ads…??!
- nunez 10mo agoDNS-based ad blocking works great if everyone is okay with the degraded experience that can come with that (if you're using aggressive hosts lists). You're making concessions if not. The VPN-based "solution" is basically as realistic as disabling JavaScript. Extremely limiting.
- didi_bear 10mo agoFor Twitch on Android I am using Twire, it works great mainly for replays
- gxs 10mo agoAnyone have a way of blocking twitter adds? I’ve just been watching streams after they’re done so that I can get rid of them that way Edit: nvm author mentions vpns as a solution
- whazor 10mo agoOn Safari I use Wipr and Sponsorblock. Afterwards I use web version of everything instead of apps, including youtube.
- manuelmoreale 10mo agoGoing through the web version instead of the app is so much better when it comes to ad blocking. I run 1Blocker + NextDNS and I basically don’t see ads anywhere. Not even on YouTube.
- kriskrunch 10mo agoAnyone use SmartTube? Or is it something I should remove?
- Jordan-117 10mo agoJust make sure you're using the new version (old one was compromised): https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTube https://github.com/yuliskov/SmartTube
- aembleton 10mo agoI use it. Works great.
- khana 10mo ago[dead]
- Narushia 10mo agoMy additional recommendations: 1. You don't need a separate browser extension for blocking cookie notices, Ublock Origin can do that just fine. You just need to enable the cookie notice filters in the settings (they are disabled by default). 2. AdAway on Android allows network-level blocking without resorting to a VPN (it's based on /etc/hosts). Though it does require root.
- penguin_booze 10mo ago> You just need to enable the cookie notice filters in the settings I didn't know it existed. FWIW, it's under Settings > Filter lists > Cookie notices.
- esperent 10mo agoThe problem with ad blocker apps on Android is that they always require a either a VPN, in which cases my banking apps don't work, or root, which is getting harder and harder to get and probably also breaks my banking apps. However, I have found that using NextDNS as a private DNS server works and doesn't cause any problems like this.
- Zak 10mo agoI'm still having good results with root, Magisk, and Play Integrity Fix. That does involve some knowledge and effort though, so what I point others to is Mullvad DNS, which is free: https://mullvad.net/en/help/dns-over-https-and-dns-over-tls https://mullvad.net/en/help/dns-over-https-and-dns-over-tls Don't forget to give apps that fuck with you in the name of security 1-star reviews!
- Jolliness7501 10mo agoDid same thing, not everything works, but there are (almost) no ads for me. I would add Smarttube with Sponsorblock extension for android TV to the list. They had hickup recently with melitious hack and malware in their code but now seems to recovered. And for all ads-trolls: "Oh, you are stealing income from creators." If I consider their work worth it I pay them (semi)directly.
- EbNar 10mo agoBrave+ControlD, for me. I'm not interested in YouTube, so don't care about that part.
- drnick1 10mo agoThere is nothing special about the Troubled Engineer's setup. It's mostly a matter of using open platforms. With Firefox on the desktop and Fennec on Android (Graphene), you get full uBlock Origin support and therefore never see any ads anywhere, even on Youtube. On Android, there is also NewPipe that offers "free Youtube Premium" (play in the background and download). I also use DNS based filtering since I run my own Unbound instance, but it isn't really necessary with the above setup. It may be useful if you must absolutely have a smart TV or other such appliances, but considering that they have cameras and microphones, I will never connect such a device to the Internet anyway.
- 112233 10mo agoHow are you not seeing any ads with that setup? I just read your comment and saw multiple ads!
- gunalx 10mo agoNo those are (most provably) unpaid recommendations. Those are not the same as ads, because there is no economic insentive, and is strictly not ads.
- mcny 10mo agoIt would be so easy to place ads based on page contents and not based on retargeting. It would be such a breath of fresh air. You wouldn't need to know anything about the person visiting the page. You can still do programmatic ads with competitive bidding. And even according to Double click study, you would make about fifty five percent (iirc) of what you would make with all this invasive tracking. It would be a win win for everyone.
- Freak_NL 10mo agoMostly, although some text analysis would need to be done to prevent this: (people commenting about how a bad design choice in ACorp's flagship product AProduct led to the tragic death of ten labradoodle puppies.) AD: Buy two AProduct, get one free — limited time offer! Woof! ACorp — your pup will love it!
- rb666 10mo agoNote that using Helium, you can use a Chromium based browser and still enjoy uBlock Origin properly.
- ahmetcadirci25 10mo agoMy Personal Ad/Block Management Strategy Here is the block management setup I personally use regularly: Desktop * DNS blocking is active via NextDNS. * I use Ungoogled Chromium as my primary browser. * I use the uBlock ad-blocking extension along with its filters. * The SponsorBlock extension is very useful for skipping sponsored segments within YouTube videos. Mobile * DNS blocking is active via NextDNS. * To block ads in Safari, I activate ad-blocking in Safari through the free Firefox Focus app. * I use the YouTube app via AltStore. It is a nice feature that it also includes the SponsorBlock extension. If you'd like, I can publish a comprehensive ad-blocking guide on the Ahmet Çadırcı https://ahmetcadirci.com/ https://ahmetcadirci.com/ page.
- kasabali 10mo agoI see what you did there :P
- sumalamana 10mo agoMay I suggest Cromite, instead of ungoogled-chromium?
- pmontra 10mo agoDesktop and mobile: Firefox and uBlock Origin. Mobile: Blockada to prevent apps from reaching their ad servers. NewPipe. Desktop: Freetube. uBO has the bonus to have an element picker that I use to remove the empty areas where ads would show. I do it for sites that I use often. I also remove some useless menus and headers. I particularly hate sticky ones.
- inquirerGeneral 10mo ago[dead]
- apples_oranges 10mo agorealistically though, most YouTube content is an ad for something ;)
- Bishonen88 10mo agosemi-related: after installing pi-hole and using it on my wifi, Netflix on the TV stopped working, ads on (some, big) polish websites were still present. Uninstalled 10 minutes later. Had similar experience last time I tried (years ago) - pihole gave me problems using work-related pages or whatnot. Is there nothing better? E.g. ublock origin but for dns?
- drnick1 10mo agoMaybe try a less aggressive blacklist in Pi-hole, or better yet, cancel your Netflix subscription and source your content in the high seas.
- _jzlw 10mo agoTake a look at AdGuard Home. It's functionally similar to pihole but overall better made / easier to use (IMO). I only use the first AdGuard DNS Filter and have only need to allow one domain to unbreak a site, but I also combine it with the browser extension (DNS-level blocking isn't going to remove all ads no matter what you do). You can check the query log to see what's getting blocked.
- Havoc 10mo agoTIL. Need to figure out how to redirect insta over a vpn then
- Madmallard 10mo agolibrewolf with ublock firefox sold out on their users quit using them https://youtube.com/shorts/FObvkFtr2ZU https://youtube.com/shorts/FObvkFtr2ZU
- 8fingerlouie 10mo agoIs running Pihole or Adguard home even worth it these days ? You can get something like NextDNS for $18/year, which is probably less than what you pay for the power required to serve Pihole or Adguard Home, and you get enterprise level infrastructure for it, along with redundancy, and it works "everywhere". Yes, you (probably) need a caching resolver at home, and that could be Pihole or Adguard, but going through hoops to setup Wireguard and have all DNS resolve over that, just to reach pihole at home, that sounds like overkill. Anyway, In case it's not obvious, NextDNS is how i roll, using a "stupid" caching DNS resolver at home.
- deanishe 10mo ago> just to reach pihole at home, that sounds like overkill. Host AdGuard on a VPS (same one as the VPN?). Then you can use it from everywhere.
- 8fingerlouie 10mo agoI doubt the VPS/VPN route is for the majority of people, but if "you" are one of those, then yes, it would make sense. For everybody else, $18/year vs $5/month for a VPS should be an easy choice.
- esperent 10mo agoI've been using NextDNS for years and never paid anything. Very occasionally (maybe twice) around the last few days of the month I get an email saying I reached my quota and filtering will stop working.
- 8fingerlouie 10mo agoCan you setup custom filters on the free solution ? If not, DNS4EU (https://www.joindns4.eu/ https://www.joindns4.eu/) is free for personal use, and has no quota, and offers various endpoints for malware protection, adblocking, and other stuff.
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- ramon156 10mo agoBlocking isn't the issue, it's the websites that straight up break that are the hard part. For example, Shopify hates ublock and will sometimes not load apps at all
- workfromspace 10mo agoDNS level ad-blocking usually doesn't break websites. (I use NextDNS) The ad domains straight up don't resolve at all and never get loaded. I don't have any adblock/ublock, so the websites almost never could detect if I block ads or not.
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- ensocode 10mo agoMy free and 5 minute setup: I am using Brave + uBlockOrigin Lite + AdGuard + AdGuard DNS on my home network. On android Brave + AdGuard DNS. No configuration just works, no annoyances. On youtube as well. Is there anything I should further do? I think I sometimes see ads in android apps maybe this can be optimized without root somehow?
- stinos 10mo agoNewPipe or Invidious I've bee trying these and alternatives in FF via LibRedirect for years. I keep on wondering if it's just me but I have to babysit the setup and cycle through instances every so often.
- derelicta 10mo agoThe VPN trick doesnt work for YouTube on mobile anymore. I get popups saying I need to log-in or disable my VPN to watch videos. I could probably buy a silly gmail account online and link it to my YouTube app, but am afraid it will log-in my whole phone to this shady Google account.
- alance 10mo ago[flagged]
- StrLght 10mo agoAuthor here Could you please share what exactly is wrong? I haven't used AI to write this post, that's just my style. I am still figuring it out, so I'd love to hear any feedback
- alance 10mo agoYeah not helping you design your next "be more human" prompt.
- StrLght 10mo agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html > Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something.
- kcoddington 10mo agoAgreed. I think I'm getting more fatigue from the AI slop callouts than the actual AI slop.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 10mo agoIt's at a point where I just flag it. FWIW, the callouts are against the guidelines: > Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—e.g. article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage. They're too common to be interesting. Just pretend "this is AI slop" is also in the list. Don't complain about that; complain about the information being wrong or something else insightful. Discuss the conclusions that were included in the article. Assume (also per the guidelines) that the author reviewed the article before posting; they are signing off on its validity and therefore any callouts, AI-related or otherwise, should be calling that validity into question rather than simply saying that a particular tool was used for getting the words on the page.
- Imustaskforhelp 10mo agoUblock Origin + firefox/zen are so good.
- adelowo 10mo agoI just pay $1.99/month to NextDNS tbh
- time4tea 10mo agoThere is also py-hole https://github.com/time4tea-net/py-hole/ https://github.com/time4tea-net/py-hole/ You can run it on your openwrt router - see readme. Its just a python script that updates a file that dnsmasq uses. No funny business, you are in charge of everything. Disclaimer: author of said script.
- tsoukase 10mo agoIn mobile, Google gives us the Private DNS in Settings. Use your preferred blocking level from Controld and enjoy ad/track free in all networks.
- HellDunkel 10mo agoIs it legal for companies to allow employees to use firefox + ublock?
- Litomi 10mo agoThe methods OP uses are nothing new. What is needed is some way to block Amazon Prime ads (and the like), these come from the same Amazon url and currently are unstoppable.
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