Ask HN: What ist your AdBlock strategy?

Brajeshwar · 2024-10-30T01:42:11 1730252531

I’ve used Pi-Hole before, and I had to troubleshoot in a few instances when I was traveling away from home. I stopped using it to simplify my setup.

The ideal setup I want to try is to have something like AdGuard Home at the Router. My current setup on our devices already has AdGuard App running with NextDNS as the DNS Resolver. This setup works pretty well while connecting to any network. NextDNS handles the DNS, while AdGuad AdBlocker works well with the client side on all browsers.

Issues pop up occasionally when the OS gets upgraded, but they are bearable. https://brajeshwar.com/2024/i-block-ads/

andrei_says_ · 2024-10-30T16:48:49 1730306929

I run adguard on a raspberry pi - setup similar to pi-hole. It works well but does not block YouTube ads. Is there a setting I am missing to enable this?

FeistySkink · 2024-10-30T17:21:44 1730308904

I don't think you can do that with Adguard right now. You can use a browser with adblock for desktop/mobile, and there are smart TV apps with adblock and sponsorblock both for Tizen [0] and webOS [1].

[0]: https://github.com/reisxd/TizenTube/

[1]: https://github.com/webosbrew/youtube-webos

uncharted9 · 2024-10-29T05:19:12 1730179152

[Blocky](https://0xerr0r.github.io/blocky/latest/) + uBlock Origin with OISD blocklists (https://oisd.nl/) and Hagezi Blocklists (https://github.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists)

sam29681749 · 2024-10-29T10:46:16 1730198776

Ignorant question: what ad blocking is required outside of your browser to require anything more than something like ublock?

FeistySkink · 2024-10-30T17:22:54 1730308974

Plenty of "smart" appliances phone home unnecessarily.

palata · 2024-10-29T14:12:16 1730211136

Mobile apps show ads and use trackers, for instance.

marssaxman · 2024-10-28T16:54:30 1730134470

Firefox + uBlock Origin works well for me! It's all I use.

ActorNightly · 2024-10-30T19:40:55 1730317255

Ive got enough "mental fortitude" not to really care that much about ads.

jeeybee · 2024-10-30T07:48:14 1730274494

Got a pihole a few years ago, works like a charm. The only annoyance is when you actually look for produces and nearly all links in google are dead due to ads.

coffeeri · 2024-10-28T12:30:18 1730118618

I am using NextDNS [0], which also integrates well within Tailscale across all my devices. Or are you looking for a solution that works offline within OpenWRT, without relying on third parties? It appears that there are AdBlock packages available for OpenWRT[1].

[0] https://nextdns.io [1] https://github.com/openwrt/packages/blob/master/net/adblock/...

dizhn · 2024-10-29T09:15:55 1730193355

I haven't looked at pihole once after I discovered adguard home.

https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/services/dns/adguard-hom...

uncharted9 · 2024-10-30T14:08:33 1730297313

How do you reduce the latency of the upstream DNS resolvers? The closest Cloudflare servers give me 20-25ms DNS resolution times, but with Cloudflare as the upstream DNS in Adguard Home, I'm getting more around 80-110ms.

skwee357 · 2024-10-30T06:44:10 1730270650

I have GL-inet brume 2 which runs in drop in gateway mode alongside my main router, and on it I have AdGuard home

runjake · 2024-10-28T22:07:36 1730153256

- Pi-Hole can run on OpenWRT if your router is powerful enough, on a Linux box, in a Docker container, and on a Synology. You don't need a Raspberry Pi to run it.

- Look at https://nextdns.io as an alternative.

- I use uBlock Origin and NextDNS at home.

swifthesitation · 2024-10-28T16:42:27 1730133747

Brave browser, Mullvad/Proton, uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger, AdBlock, Cookie Auto Delete

brudgers · 2024-10-28T19:38:39 1730144319

Pi-Hole is not a option, since I don't have one laying around.

Why not buy one?

dotcoma · 2024-10-29T18:05:07 1730225107

Iridium browser with Ublock Origin on my Mac and Wipr with Safari on my phone.

Yawrehto · 2024-10-29T19:27:02 1730230022

I, not yet wanting particularly to extricate myself from Chrome, use Ublock Origin Lite. It works about as well as the original (although it's less good with paywalls and blocking individual site elements, by which I mean 'not good at all'.) If you can and don't already I would try to replace as much as you can with RSS (which is also really good with paywalls - I use feeder.co and it lets me get around the Atlantic's paywall. Its privacy policy is here: https://feeder.co/help/legal/privacy-policy/. It's hosted in Sweden, in the EU, for what that's worth.)

But as you might have figured out from my use of Chrome, I'm mostly ok with the fact that Google knows everything about me. So I'm probably not the best person to ask.

Eumenes · 2024-10-28T12:40:35 1730119235

Pihole with like 2 million blocked domains, no major social media use, wireguard on mobile, Brave browser, don't watch TV

ttyprintk · 2024-10-28T12:33:09 1730118789

It sounds like a small network with no need to block outbound 53.

Nextdns.io for out-of-the-box if you can’t run pi-hole.

sandreas · 2024-10-29T18:13:07 1730225587

1. Fallback Adblock DNS Server (root)

2. pi-hole

3. Firefox with ublock origin

4. wireguard VPN

beardyw · 2024-10-28T12:56:33 1730120193

I just use Brave. It works on my phone.

and Chrome for Google integration.

OSI-Auflauf · 2024-10-28T20:38:10 1730147890

Don't waste your time with dns adblocking.

If you are serious about network side blocking do tls interception (lmao) but that is a lot of maintenance, adds other attack surface and the average openwrt device isn't beefy enough for such things.

Firefox and Ublock Origin against ads.

There is cooler stuff for Openwrt. Mesh nets between friends, to share internal services. Just tinkering with and learning about network stuff. Adding ipv6 to tunnel if isp doesn't support. Having Wifi whose autochannel doesn't suck.

Dual Antennas -> Sword fighting. Only fun with multiple devices and dabbling with mesh mode or throughput maxing. In ax dual channel 40mhz +160mhz bandwidth the throughput is faster than some cables.

reify · 2024-10-28T15:42:35 1730130155

Either ublock origin with all filter lists checked

Ghostery with ad-blocking, anti-tracking and Never Consent enabled with Fanboy's Annoyance List added to custom filters

Mullvad DNS

https://mullvad.net/en/help/dns-over-https-and-dns-over-tls

morjom · 2024-10-29T05:55:58 1730181358

You do not need all filter lists checked in uBlock. Maybe 3 or 4 + what it gives you out of the box.

paulcole · 2024-10-30T02:35:50 1730255750

I don’t use an ad blocker on any device.

Despite claims to the contrary by people here on HN, it’s fine.