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PiHole pointless for ad blocking in 2021?
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BoSon
Finally got around to installing piHole on my Raspberry 4 to utilise it better now it's always on as a NAS for streaming stuff to my Roku mainly.
It appears to be working, the admin panel shows number of instances being blocked and how many devices using it, but basic pain in the ass adverts are not being blocked, from the likes of Daily Mail, local news website, or YouTube.
I've updated the blocklist from the default 90k entries to over 1 million, but maybe there's a list specific to the UK I need to add?
So what's the point if primary desire is to block ads and that is not being achieved?
I have to continue using Firefox with ublock origin and privacy badger to stop ads on websites, and Youtube apparently accesses ads from same source as the video content so apps like the one on my Roku are not able to distinguish, so still see ads without paying for the premium Youtube version. Maybe other sites are onto that solution these days to avoid pihole style blocking so need to use browser plug-ins that inspect the actual content.
I'll leave it on for now to see what stuff it does block, seems to be mostly telemetry from the Roku and smart TV so far.
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