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[+] -35 points 2 years ago (5 children)

You don't need uBlock if you have a pihole properly configured, but you still need a pihole even if you have uBlock properly configured. uBlock is a half measure. An incomplete solution, but better than nothing.

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    uBlock can do much more refined and targeted blocking than a pihole because it has access to the entire page that is being served and can selectively filter elements. The pihole only has access to the DNS name, and DNS blocking is a rather crude tool to block ads that can be defeated by serving the ads from the same domain.

    For example: a pihole doesn't work for blocking YouTube ads, because they come from the same domain.

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