Is a modified hosts file redundant with a pi-hole?

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  • I've also seen suggestions for linux users to modify their hosts file, such as by using Steven Blacks file. Hosts is used to resolve particular addresses to <0.0.0.0>, for instance, instead of the actual address a DNS would provide, as I understand it, therefore blocking that particular domain.

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