nextdns VS AdGuardHome

uBlock Origin still works in Firefox. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin...

And you can, I believe, still just modify your hosts table to block out ads in Chrome. https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts

Or your router's DNS using something like NextDNS. https://nextdns.io/

Ads suck. Support content where you can, but even when you pay they still serve ads / tracking scripts. So fuck 'em. Block all the ads.

I've used NextDNS for years to keep our home internet safe for the kids and it works really well. Fortunately NextDNS offers API access that you can use to automate turning different internet filters on and off. Unfortunately their API docs are horrible.

I think that we'll need to adopt network-level filtering if we want to outsmart the browsers. I haven't looked back since adopting NextDNS and configuring my router to filter all traffic through it. It does a great job of stripping ads out of all my devices connected to it, and that's something I don't mind paying a few bucks for a year (I think it's like $19/year).

Check it out here: https://nextdns.io/

NextDNS is very much alive, although progress is measured and calm¹ as compared to Control D. But it's also been rock-solid for me for years, where Control D seems to be less so².

¹ https://github.com/nextdns/nextdns/releases ² https://www.reddit.com/r/ControlD/comments/1irgehp/178ms_lat...

One of the most values I get out of a SaaS service is NextDNS [0]. There are competitors like ControlD [1] that are also very good. At the end of the day they both check all the boxes for me.

But, the piece that really got me with NextDNS when I started using it was the unlimited number of profiles. This allows me to target any device, no matter where it is (this is fantastic for mobile devices) and keep my filtering lists in place. I selfhost a lot but still find the annual cost of NextDNS more than fair.

[0] https://nextdns.io/

Use NextDNS (https://nextdns.io) on your mobile phone as a Private DNS provider, and switch as many apps as allow it to be web apps, i.e. https://m.uber.com works just fine, and use Firefox on mobile and enabled about:config as it's at chrome://geckoview/content/config.xhtml , from there switch beacon.enabled to false.

Far less requires an actual app than most people imagine. It's the apps that leak so much.

- Pi-Hole can run on a Linux box, in a Docker container, and on a Synology. You don't need a Raspberry Pi to run it.

- Look at https://nextdns.io as an alternative.

- I use uBlock Origin and NextDNS at home.

" appears to have blacklisted it on the basis of its model name"

Why is that?

I think Pixel was always good for this. The problem with rooted phones is that many bank applications wont run anymore.

"of systemwide adblocking"

Your alternative would be to use another DNS service like https://nextdns.io

You can either set each up yourself, or there are a variety of containers available. A chatbot of your choice can likely guide you through it, since it'll depend on your specific network setup and how exactly you'd like it configured.

AdGuardHome is fairly straightforward: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome?tab=readme-ov-fil...

And here is a nice script to install wireguard: https://github.com/angristan/wireguard-install

And you'll likely need to forward the WireGuard port.

Try AdGuardHome. https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome

I basically have all my devices use it when I am on my network, and when I am off my network, my Wireguard connection (or Tailscale depending...) uses my home DNS server.

Also AdGuardhome will use optimistic caching, which is great.

https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome/discussions/4002#...

The main repo is GPLv3: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome

They already have many other commercials products and I guess also the default filter rules are very good because of their experience in the domain.

But I think you can use it completely without the AdGuard servers and use other filter list sources.

How it compares to let's say AdGuard Home? Seems similar https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome

Adguardhome - Clients identification issue

You can check this documentation if you want to investigate further: https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome/wiki/Hosts-Blocklists