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[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago (11 children)

Don't a majority of them also use Chrome? Because they're going to find that their adblockers are less and less effective.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (10 children)

That’s yet another reason to use a DNS as blocker, and not let your browser use DNS over https.

I haven’t done it myself yet, but I figure that sooner or later I’ll need to update my router to block all outbound DNS that doesn’t go through my DNS ad blocker. Some devices try to use their own hardcoded DNS to get around them…

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Why shouldn't you let your browser use DNS over HTTPS?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Because then it can bypass your ad-blocking DNS

DNS over HTTPS was a great idea for privacy if left in your hands, but immediately ran into the reality of intrusive advertising

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Because dns ad blocking is typically done with something like dnsmasq which doesn't support DNS over HTTPS, though it's easy enough to setup a resolver/forwarder that does

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