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Pi-Hole or something else for network ad blocking? (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by plenipotentprotogod@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I've been aware of pi-hole for a while now, but never bothered with it because I do most web browsing on a laptop where browser extensions like uBlock origin are good enough. However, with multiple streaming services starting to insert adds into my paid subscriptions, I'm looking to upgrade to a network blocker that will also cover the apps on my smart TV.

I run most of my self hosted services on a proxmox server, so I'd like something that'll run as an LXC container or a VM. I'm also vaguely aware that various competing applications have come out since pi-hole first gained popularity. Is pi-hole still the best thing going, or are there better options?

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[-] akilou@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

You should definitely set up pihole but I don't think it'll block ads on streaming apps unless I'm wrong and someone can point me to something that explains how I can set that up.

[-] Maximilious@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah it's near impossible to block on streaming services because most of the ads are served up from the same DNS locations that the watchable media is hosted on.

[-] akilou@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Right. I mean, I looked into this a few years ago when I set it up and just accepted my fate

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