uBlock VS Pi-hole

thanks for your explanation, I now understand about what scripts you wrote on your previous answer. But I meant something a bit different I think - probably didn't make it clear enough - here and here is this my question talked about in official github where the ublock owner (I assume) answered that "This would run counter to what I see as an ideal", so this behaviour was disabled intentionally and will never come back. So sorry for bothering you, I think that concludes my question, because haters are already downvoting it smh

I was there, not sure how you couldn't be there unless you're new to the internet and browser addons in general. Pretty common knowledge that he gave the project away. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/38 https://twitter.com/gorhill/status/1019975271443771392 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UBlock\_Origin#uBlock nothing is misleading, gorhill says it himself. Just stop spreading bullshit I still can't figure out why you looked at articles instead of just the events of it actually happening https://github.com/uBlock-LLC/uBlock/issues/1419

For those interested this can be done on ad blockers but they are not the default. For ublock origin you will even have to write your own rules.

To reiterate, the reason why annoyance filter lists are not enabled by default is because of higher likelihood of site breakage, not because of performance concerns, see https://github.com/uBlock-LLC/uBlock/releases/tag/0.8.2.8.

I've posted this issue a while ago: https://github.com/uBlock-LLC/uBlock/issues/1831

It's a hub for open-source code. You can share your code, but also contribute to others code. For example, here is uBlock's source code. If there is a bug when you use it, you can ask other users if they know how to fix it. Or better, you can download the code yourself, find the bug and fix it. Then you can send that fix to them and it gets added to the code. Now you have personally improve that tool!

Si te preguntas, ¿por qué no usar Adguard o Pihole? 🤔

This is an overreaction, almost to the point of absurdity.

Risks inherent to pipe installers are well understood by many. Using your logic, we should abandon Homebrew [1] (>38k stars on GitHub), PiHole [2] (>46k stars on GitHub), Chef [3], RVM [4], and countless other open source projects that use one-step automated installers (by piping to bash).

A more reasonable response would be to coordinate with the developers to update the docs to provide alternative installation methods, rather than throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

[1] https://brew.sh/

[2] https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole

[3] https://docs.chef.io/chef_install_script/#run-the-install-sc...

[4] https://rvm.io/rvm/install

Pi-hole to block ads and tracking for my less technically savvy relatives

https://pi-hole.net/

I ran a competing project[0] on my home network for a few years before I discovered NextDNS[1]. What I lost in performance (requests don't leave my house) I gained in portability: ALL my devices can take advantage – at home and away – and time-saved. PiHole works 90% of the time, but when it did stop working, I'd have to spend a bit of time fixing it. At $20/year, I simply couldn't compete with NextDNS.

Note: This isn't a shill for NextDNS; I love these kinds of projects and think they absolutely should exist, but NextDNS just happens to be one of those dead-simple SaaS tools that is an insanely good value.

0 - https://pi-hole.net/

1 - https://nextdns.io

It definitely IS an option, but at the network level.

https://pi-hole.net/

It runs on damn near everything, and is a DNS level adblocker for the whole network.

I recently switched to Wipr [0]. It’s dead simple to use, and will auto update its filter lists in the background.

Adguard [1] is a decent free option.

I also use a Pi-hole [2] on my network.

[0] https://kaylees.site/wipr.html

[1] https://adguard.com/en/adguard-safari/overview.html

[2] https://pi-hole.net/

Are you trying to build a DNS proxy (similar to Pi-hole) that intercepts DNS requests and checks for the ones that look harmful? If so, I would suggest trying to separately build a DNS client and a DNS server, before trying to integrate them together. Start with Beej's Guide to Network Programming if you need to learn the basics of sockets, and then take a look at the documents that define the DNS protocol itself (RFC1034 and RFC1035).

Setup a pi-hole.

It's definitely not as simple as installing an app on your phone, but I run a Pi-hole on my home network, and it does block ads in many games.