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Is it possible to block all that crap using the hosts file? It would block on all browsers that way. Or would it be way too long?
by scrrr 12y ago
Is it possible to block all that crap using the hosts file? It would block on all browsers that way. Or would it be way too long?
- Grue3 12y agoLarge hosts file can slow down your computer. At least Windows had issues with that AFAIR.
- gorhill 12y agoHow many entries is "large"? (just curious, to relate to something I wrote based on host files).
- fhd2 12y agoNot really, it's a fairly limited approach. You can only block entire hosts. Adblock Plus uses a combination of URL-based resource blocking and CSS-based element hiding.
- skrause 12y agoI don't like the hosts file approach because I still might want to visit the sites sometimes. For example I block facebook.com on all other site because I don't want to see Facebook embeds, but I want to visit Facebook directly once in a while.
- snake_plissken 12y agoI use the hosts file approach. It's a broadsword and it works very well but yes, it's long, one has to update it manually (or script an update) and it will break certain aspects of a website (such as video clips on ESPN.com, they'll fail to play because the ads won't load).
- brymaster 12y agoYes. http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/ http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/