Post by @CaptainSpaceman

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@Karmanopoly@lemmy.world on lemmy.world Open parent

I'm gonna pay you $100 to fuck off

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@TabbsTheBat@pawb.social on pawb.social Open parent

You guys pay youtube?

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@CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world on lemmy.world Open parent

PiHole exists!

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@uniquethrowagay@feddit.org on feddit.org Open parent

Stupid question, but does pihole offer any substantial benefit over using a remote ad-blocking DNS like AdGuard or whatever?

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@CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world on lemmy.world Open parent

Please ignore the other two commenters…..

Adblockers block ads at the user level, meaning you have to manage the adblocker for each device in your ecosystem.

PiHole and similar DNS based ad blocking technologies OTOH block ads at the network level and only needs one install location to manage content for all devices you have on your network.

This means with PiHole you can have one set of custom rules that block all ads at the network level by using a set of pre-loaded and customizeable DNS blocklists. OR! you can install Ublock on 2 devices in your house and let the other 7 devices that have no access to adblockers (like IoT devices) be subject to the atrocity that is modern advertising.

Additionally, adblockers in browsers can eventually be shut off. See: Google Chrome and Ublock Origin.

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@JackbyDev@programming.dev on programming.dev Open parent

But what does a pihole (which is DNS blocking) do that AdGuard’s free public DNS (which is DNS blocking) doesn’t? Of course uBlock Origin alongside them is better, but what’s a pihole specificallt doing?

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