EDIT: Thanks so much guys! This was really helpful, and I didn’t imagine so many would help out!

Hey guys,

I’ve used PiHole for over a year now, and I really like it. I use it with WireGuard, so I always have my DNS blocker with me.

But I’ve wondered if I even have some good lists? I used some standard lists from a reddit thread when I set up my PiHole, and I’ve never looked at it since.

So what blocklists do you use? Something you can recommend?

Also, if you use Blocky or AdGuard, do you find it better than PiHole?

    • kopper [they/them]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      204·
      1 year ago

      DNS blocking is the most unreliable way of blocking youtube ads you can imagine.
      you could write a script to OCR your entire screen and click skip ad and it’d be more reliable than DNS blocking

      • Snowplow8861@lemmus.orgEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        I don’t think that works on my Samsung TV, or my partners iPad though. :)

        Although not especially effective on the YouTube front, it actually increases network security just by blocking api access to ad networks on those kinds of IoT and walled garden devices. Ironically my partner loves it not for YouTube but apparently all her Chinese drama streaming websites. So when we go travel and she’s subjected to those ads she’s much more frustrated than when she’s at home lol.

        So the little joke while not strictly true, is pretty true just if you just say ‘streaming content provider’.