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?

  • dontblink@feddit.it
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    11 months ago

    I wonder why we don’t have AI browser extensions that can recognise and obscure possible ads / unwanted content yet

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      11 months ago

      Because the AI isn’t needed, and would be computationally expensive.

      Extensions like ublock origin and sponsorblock work just fine.