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[–] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have a finally tuned pihole that offers different blocking for different vLANs on my home network and VPNs, I would not trust a third party for ad blocking. However you do you.

I was watching SomeOrdanryGamers video on this and his pihole did not block all the ads on an ad infected site, but mine could. I have used canyoublockit many times to stress test my system, wish there was something newer though.

[–] lemmylump@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Trust it, no.

Is it better than nothing, yes.

Listen, some folks can afford to build and dedicate time and resources to making a pi-hole for their network.

Those who can't need to know there are alternatives, some are better than others, I'm just sharing information.

[–] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

I meant no shade, I know it takes a lot of work to do everything I have done for security/ad blocking.