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   by adfreelife 9y ago

   Just a follow up to my own comment here for those wondering the same or for in the future if it happens to you. I got word from HN that the community probably thought this post was marketing for a business, and that the community was, under
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   by adfreelife 9y ago

   The main selling point over just buying a raspberry pi and installing it locally on your home network is that it only works out of the box on your home network. Opening up your network to the internet is not recommended for the average deve
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   by adfreelife 9y ago

   After creating an account there is a tutorial linking to an iOS and Android app that provides a way to set your DNS via a VPN.
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   by adfreelife 9y ago

   The pihole is pre-configured with https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/h... https://mirror1.malwaredomains.com/files/justdomains http://sysctl.org/c
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   by adfreelife 9y ago

   That's exactly right. Everyone gets their own white/blacklist, control over logging, etc. And how would you end a subscription if the IP still existed with the software?
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   by adfreelife 9y ago

   Does anyone know why this post would be flagged?
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   by adfreelife 9y ago

   You are getting a dedicated VPS, so there is no cross traffic sharing between other subscriptions. You can also disable logging if you don't want to graphs. A Raspberry Pi has to be set up on your own local network, and you'd have
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   by adfreelife 9y ago

   I'm not sure why it keeps getting flagged, but it seems to be removed quickly afterwards. It actually only sends your DNS traffic, which turns a pretty url (like https://www.adfree.life ) into an ugly IP (like 70.42.251.42)
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   by adfreelife 9y ago

   I tried to be transparent about pricing, and the free trial lasts an entire day before resetting to make sure you are comfortable setting it up before purchasing. You are getting a dedicated VPS with every plan, no sharing. So the price inc
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    by adfreelife 9y ago

    Thanks for checking it out! I actually am the sort of person that runs a pi-hole at home on a pi, but I wanted my family's devices to be blocking ads also when we left the house, and I found it a pain to always be asking to install ext
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    Show HN: Ad-Free Life – Adblocking as a Service(adfree.life)

    35 points by adfreelife 9y ago|49 comments