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• Does PiHole block porn?
  2 projects | /r/pihole | 6 Dec 2023

  Not by default but a blocklist can be found here https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts

• Steven Black DNS blocklist blocked gstatic.com
  2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Dec 2023

  While it is now unblocked, the Steven Black list has been blocking a lot of innocent CDNs.

  jQuery: https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/issues/2520

  2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Dec 2023
• Open Source Ad Blocker for Mac, Windows, and Linux
  3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Dec 2023

  How does this compare to using a hosts file with known ad servers?

  like: https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts

• Show HN: YouTube banned adblockers so I built an extension to skip their ads
  11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Nov 2023

  I use the Hosts file to block a ton of ads and that works really well. https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts Something worth considering if your ad blocker isn't working well.

• Big things are happening with RaspAP's Ad Blocking 🛑 Users will soon have more blocklist sources to choose from
  2 projects | /r/RaspAP | 8 Oct 2023

  The no-tracking project used by RaspAP is shutting down, so we took the opportunity to search for open source blocklist alternatives. Among the best is Steven Black's hosts list: https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts

• Radar Maps: $0.50 per 1K map loads
  4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Sep 2023

  No idea, api.radar.io is on the block list since January 2020.

  The commit's comment is "major update from adaway.org"

  https://github.com/stevenblack/hosts/commit/4fa0470

• Browser extensions spy on you, even if its developers don't
  8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 1 Sep 2023

  You can also use a declarative adblocker like uBlock Origin Lite [1], which only provides the browser with a list of elements to filter, but doesn't have any permissions to read content or perform requests. Or simply use your hosts file to apply OS-wide filtering with no browser add-ons needed: https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts

  Be aware that if you use these "passive" blocking methods, there are some sites like YouTube where you will see ads, because in these cases it's necessary to actually manipulate page content to hide them. What you can do is use a traditional adblocker but enable it only for these few sites where the declarative approach is not enough, take a look at [2] for more details.

  [1] https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home

  [2] https://seirdy.one/posts/2022/06/04/layered-content-blocking...

• [Paid Release]CCAdsBeGone - Customized Ads Blocking At Your Fingertips
  2 projects | /r/jailbreak | 13 Jul 2023

  There is one main GitHub that I found (could be many many more) and based my research on - https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts this GitHub contains many many different hosts for different purposes, you can just download one and upload the one you want to use from CCAdsBeGone settings, if you feel the default shipped in file of the tweak is not sufficient for your needs.

  2 projects | /r/jailbreak | 13 Jul 2023

  When I select my custom hosts file, it basically breaks internet. However, if I choose a custom hosts file that is a copy of the dev's default, or if I just add a few lines to it, it will work. If I add too many lines, or use a different hosts file altogether (like the ones recommended by the dev), all connectivity breaks. Of course the latest official LetMeBlock is installed and mDNSResponder killed/restarted. I'm using Dopamine on A12+.