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Ask HN: What ist your AdBlock strategy?

99 points laserstrahl | 10 comments | 28 Oct 24 12:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.896s | source | bottom

Hi, Just installed OpenWRT. Which solutions for ad blocking and other trackers would you recommend? Pi-Hole is not a option, since I don't have one laying around.

So anything else I can try which will work out of the box? For links and guides I'd be happy. PS: I got dual antennas what would come into your mind to do with it?

1. sam29681749 ◴[29 Oct 24 10:46 UTC] No.41982348[source]▶
Ignorant question: what ad blocking is required outside of your browser to require anything more than something like ublock?
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2. palata ◴[29 Oct 24 14:12 UTC] No.41984017[source]▶
Mobile apps show ads and use trackers, for instance.
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3. FeistySkink ◴[30 Oct 24 17:22 UTC] No.41997812[source]▶
Plenty of "smart" appliances phone home unnecessarily.
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4. candiddevmike ◴[31 Oct 24 23:07 UTC] No.42012453[source]▶
Billboards
5. cortesoft ◴[31 Oct 24 23:13 UTC] No.42012498[source]▶
That isn’t adblocking, though
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6. jackstraw14 ◴[01 Nov 24 00:28 UTC] No.42012920[source]▶
ProtonVPN blocks ads and trackers, it's my solution and reasonably affordable.
7. crtasm ◴[01 Nov 24 00:59 UTC] No.42013076{3}[source]▶
Well, it's blocking the data being sold on to advertising companies.
8. Marsymars ◴[01 Nov 24 07:34 UTC] No.42014779[source]▶
It saves me bandwidth to not serve ads to family members and other guests on my Wi-Fi.
9. Havoc ◴[01 Nov 24 08:47 UTC] No.42015095[source]▶
Even with ublock the network wide blockers catch stuff. Ublock is good but not perfect
10. graftak ◴[01 Nov 24 11:48 UTC] No.42016006[source]▶
Security works best in layers