pihole-regex VS the-quantum-ad-list

There are wrappers for updating regex lists that can be modified with other URLs. This was floating around for a while: https://github.com/mmotti/pihole-regex/blob/master/install.py and this is another method: https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/documentation/general/refreshing-piholes-regex-block-list-from-external-sources.html With enough regex tweaking I bet you could shave at least tens of thousands of lines off your list, and it could be divided into regex entries for domains where it makes sense, with the rest being non-regex domain entries. Simple regex that is functionally equivalent to AdBlock style wildcard blocks won't notably bog down the system either. It might take a few hours to get a workflow going to streamline producing such a list, but it can be done.

I also have a bunch of RegEx blacklisted from this pihole-regex/regex.list at master · mmotti/pihole-regex · GitHub and these:

Here's a list of domains I've used for years. All of which have been collected from different websites and sources such as https://firebog.net/ and https://github.com/mmotti/pihole-regex.

I also suggest these regex blocks

Your mileage may vary, but a combination of the default pi-hole list, the firebog.net lists (green, checkmark lists only), and the https://github.com/mmotti/pihole-regex/blob/master/regex.list do a pretty complete job for me.

While not perfect, and does not directly address the YouTube ads, I can suggest setting up mmotti's Regex Filters for Pi-hole.

I did also find these as well: https://github.com/mmotti/pihole-regex/blob/master/regex.list

Maybe this help: https://github.com/mmotti/pihole-regex

#!/bin/sh curl https://gitlab.com/The_Quantum_Alpha/the-quantum-ad-list/-/raw/master/For%20hosts%20file/The_Quantum_Ad-List.txt > hosts nano ~/hosts sudo rm /etc/hosts sudo cp ~/hosts /etc/ rm ~/hosts

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/smashah/smashblock/master/blocklist.txt https://ipa-apps.me/FixRevoke/New_Install_Fix.txt https://oooo.b-cdn.net/blahdns/blahdns_rpz.txt https://oooo.b-cdn.net/blahdns/adsblock.txt https://oooo.b-cdn.net/blahdns/rpz.txt https://canihazprivacy.com/ https://gist.githubusercontent.com/random-robbie-research/75dd826a538406235c68b02de9f514c5/raw/f4e0164d2f0d1020d1076a1b41891beb345ac9e7/apple.com-fixed.txt https://pastebin.com/raw/6mjs7XLu https://raw.githubusercontent.com/c-edw/ios-telemetry/master/blacklist https://gitlab.com/The_Quantum_Alpha/the-quantum-ad-list/-/raw/master/For%20hosts%20file/The_Quantum_Ad-List.txt https://github.com/j-moriarti/pDNSf-Hosts-collection/releases/download/v1.0.0/pDNSf-hosts-part0.txt https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ftpmorph/ftpihole/master/blocklists/apple-macos-big-sur.txt

I no longer recommend the OISD lists, see here as to why and also here for a good write up as to how the author ignores legitimate concerns nor do I recommend the “Quantum Blocklist that’s been going around - here’s why

I don't know of a better list. https://gitlab.com/The_Quantum_Alpha/the-quantum-ad-list

I no longer recommend the OISD lists, see here as to why and also here for a good write up as to how the author ignores legitimate concerns nor do I recommend the “Quantum Blocklist that’s been going around - here’s why