Inside the Brotherhood of the Ad Blockers

[tthurman]

I first read about this back in May and filed it away to one of those "someday" projects.   

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-05-10/inside-the-brotherhood-of-pi-hole-ad-blockers

Well on this particular project someday became a few weeks ago when I ordered a Canakit Pi 3B+ kit.  Let me just say that this kit is overkill for this, but it represented a good value once you add up all the components and was readily available in a grab and go kit.

Last week I finally took the small amount of time it takes to assemble this thing and over the weekend I loaded it up and took her for a spin. 

I'm impressed, back to basic browsing without the hassles of constantly closing items I didn't open in the first place!

I recommend this to anyone that wants a simple yet effective network-wide method to block the ever-growing number of invasive ads and related nasties we continually face on a daily basis.

 

https://blog.cryptoaustralia.org.au/2018/08/06/why-you-need-network-wide-ad-blocker-pi-hole/

https://blog.cryptoaustralia.org.au/2018/08/06/instructions-for-setting-up-pi-hole/

 

 

[stigzler]

I blame html 5. I first started web browsing around 2000. At that point it was a constant mess of ads and pop ups. We then moved onto a more civil period after that, but imo since html5 came in, the internet seems to be getting junked up again. Love ad blockers.

Now, if I could only get one for my letter box...

[tthurman]

Pi-Hole 5.0 was released in May and given the testing it has undergone combined with a over a month of public release, I upgraded.

This is a substantial upgrade, be sure to read up if you make the jump!

 

https://pi-hole.net/2020/05/10/pi-hole-v5-0-is-here/#page-content

 

[tthurman]

Seems like a solid upgrade with improved blocking, at least early on! 

 

I like the idea of a more current release for security reasons, so I've just upgraded the kernel while I was at it.  This is seemingly frowned upon, but directions are everywhere on how to do it, which would seem to indicate it's not a bad idea.  While this was perhaps not a great idea, or questionable decision, all seems well.

It'll probably turn on me now that I've posted this......lol