PharmacokineticsYour ads dont work here, brand!
RookiTell me, what is your most reliable ad list source?
ššššššPersonally I use Stevenblackās default one, in combination with a personal one that iāve curated since 2019. Previously I used to use MVPS, however that listās included in the SB default.
Stuff that tends to slip through the cracks with a lot of the common lists includes things like admiral š¤¬, user session recorders, and app monitoring platforms like sentryio (useful for development, but I didnāt consent my activity being recorded). Thereās also Bauer Media Group garbage that Iāve resorted to creating firewall packet inspection rules for, because theyāre using a subdomain technique thatās even worse than Admiralās autogenerated domains - at least with those you can use DNS analysis tools like dnsdumpster to uncover the rest of autogenerated domains in that batch
pewpewDoes YouTube trigger his anti-adBlock with a piHole?
No because pi-hole does not block YT ads
LazaroFilmYouTube ads come from the same server as the content so you canāt isolate them with pihole
uBlock Origin on Firefox still works great if you keep the filters up to date every once in a while c:
Kit SorensIāve wanted to do this for some time, but everyone tells me thereās no way to make it work without constantly updating the blacklist. Is it really such a hassle?
No lol Itās so low maintenance that it took me about a month to figure out why it kept crashing. The answer was completely my fault as I forgot I gave the container running it only about 8gb of disk space and it filled up.
I only log into the console to check some metrics/verify no issues/run updates and I maybe do that once every 3 months. I donāt have my pi-hole set up the same way as the basic tutorial but as far as lists go I just subscribed and forgot.
Worth noting my pihole is really only good for banner ads or ads that rely on DNS. YouTube ads require a clientside adblocker so far.
The blocklist automatically updates as long as youāre using maintained sources. Itās pretty easy tbh.
You can start with a DNS blocker in the meantime. Itās just configuring your router to use an ad-blocking DNS server like Mullvad, Control D, or Aha for example. No additional hardware, tools, or setup required. Then when youāre ready, you can try setting up a pihole.
Apathy TreeI forget about mine until I need to log into it to allow/block something, then I run my updates if I remember to think about it.
So like once every few months at best. Usually 2x/yr. Still works fine.
You can install community blacklists on it that it automatically downloads each day.
Hereās a popular set of lists that allows you to pick which lists you want. github.com/blocklistproject/Lists
Well, if you use big āaggressiveā lists, youāll find that it blocks a lot including stuff you actually do want to see, then you have to comb through the recently blocked list and whitelist that which you actually need.
OR, you only use the oisd.nl list, which is supposed to keep everything you do wish to use in a working state. I have used it for years now I have yet to whitelist something. Once a year I update the pihole, but otherwise donāt touch it.
that guyWhen I want an ad gone, I reach for brand name soda. Brand name soda, it means youāre smart.
FlaxCuke
My Raspberry Pi SD card finally died after almost 10 years, and I was hosting Pi-Hole on it. After a year of Pi-Hole I didnāt realize how many things had freaken ads. They pop up everywhere! I really need to get a new SD card :(
10 years is a pretty good run for an SD cardā¦ was it an endurance SD? Thatās what Iām running. Fried a non-endurance one in under a year, replaced it with an endurance and reduced log writing frequency with some config change and have been cruising for 3-4 years so far.
Endurance cards are so worth it. Theyāre what I use in my Pi units and our dash cams. I just whish I hadnāt fried so many normal cards before coming around.
Well I should clarify. I had retroPi on it for a number of years, but hardly used it. I finally repurposed it over the last year for Pi-Hole and Pi.Alert, so yeah I think this last year completely destroyed my SD card
Then install log2ram to avoid constant writes to SD card. Or install DietPi instead of the stock OS, its installed automatically. Honestly DietPi just rocks for SBCs in general, good text UI and utilities.
Is dietPi the same as PiOS lite? I use PiOS lite with no GUI etc
Probably not, think of it as a different distro. It is Debian based, and supports many different SBCs and not just the RPi.
dietpi.com
That actually looks pretty cool. +1 for sticking with Debian too. I will give it a shot!
DannyMacYes! I kept going through SD cards and DietPi was suggestedā¦ Itās been rocking for years now.
Go sata m.2 next if you can
That is an absolutely great idea!
Wow! 10 years is a long time for an SD!
Backups are so easy on Raspbian that every couple of years I swap out the SD cards from the old set to a new one, and just keep the old ones around in case one of the new ones decide to croak out.
Weāre on holidays and the kids had me install WireGuard on their devices to get rid of the ads, you know, like it is at home.
Possibly linuxJust have them install ublock origin when theyāre away from home. It is going to be way more efficient.
Iām not convinced it will help with the crazy invasive ads served in random free android games š
But Iāll look into it, thanks
PIA has an adblocker for their VPN service in the mobile app.
Set the private DNS in android settings to dns.adguard.com
I donāt know how Wireguard blocks your ads, but ok
Weāre using it to access the LAN and the two pihole instances within
NANOMACHINES, SON
xan1242If youāre so sure senator, why donāt you back it up with a source?
My source is that I made it the fuck up
Ublock origin
Works great when you have a device that can use it.
So all PCs, Macs, tablets, and smartphones then.
Most mobile browsers canāt. Every Chromium browser is soon getting the gimped Lite version too.
I donāt know about ios but on android you can switch your dns to something like quad9 for your dns server
DNS cannot do what ublock does, but it is helpful for non-browsers.
Ads donāt only come through browsers.
DacoTacoThat only stops browser activity? What about windows, discord, nvidia, ā¦ ? :p
Those are all blocked on my pihole
Those are all blocked on my pihole
I guess I just donāt trust Windows discord and Nvidia. I donāt think DNS filtering will protect you if they control the computer
Or android, ios, consoles, ā¦ :p
Well on android you can install browser extensions so thatās not a problem.
Anyway my point is that Ublock origin can be more than enough for many people who donāt use such devices.
Right, but again, thats only browser stuff. If i say android i mean the actual operating system and all applications/services that are running on your phone.
My point was that ublock is limited to a browser, and there is so much stuff that can be blocked, more than just ads.
My point was that ublock is limited to a browser, and there is so much stuff that can be blocked, more than just ads.
Iām genuinely curious, to what are you referring when mentioning Windows, Discord, Nvidia, etc.?
I know Windows is an entirely separate conversation but do Discord and Nvidia serve ads now and Iām just not seeing it because of my Pihole?
āļø-sometimes its just blocking telemetry.
although windows and discord are serving ads now.
I use a piHole to block all my IoT devices from sending telemetry data. Roku devices especially, but itās amazing how many IoT devices try to ping out.
Or both, both is good.
You donāt need uBlock if you have a pihole properly configured, but you still need a pihole even if you have uBlock properly configured. uBlock is a half measure. An incomplete solution, but better than nothing.
Assuming everyone will have pihole āconfigured correctlyā, not mentioning how to do that, saying you donāt need ublock if you have a pi hole (it does more than black ads). All in all a terrible comment.
DefederateLemmyMluBlock can do much more refined and targeted blocking than a pihole because it has access to the entire page that is being served and can selectively filter elements. The pihole only has access to the DNS name, and DNS blocking is a rather crude tool to block ads that can be defeated by serving the ads from the same domain.
For example: a pihole doesnāt work for blocking YouTube ads, because they come from the same domain.
pihole doesnāt work for blocking YouTube ads
It does if I block the entire youtube domain. Checkmate, corps
Ublock will work if you donāt go and install a bunch of proprietary apps. Also it has the ability to block elements on the DOM so its more effective for web pages.
WaLLy3KI migrated to Pi-hole in 2016 so believe me when I say that uBlock Origin is perfectly complimentary because removes the blank space that is made for ads.
Pihole alone does not block YouTube ads for me.