Re: [PLUG] Yipes! Those Web Ads are KILLING Me!

[jeffv via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

Sorry about your PI.
I get really good response (non-response) from a HOSTS list.

https://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm

there are addons here and there for different annoyances (FB is huge).


As for the targeting, I turn off or delete all cookies (or Private mode).


I see few, if any, ads.
Ymmv.




On 3/31/21 5:13 AM, Casey Bralla via plug wrote:
> There was a power glitch in my apartment last week that took out my
> raspberry pi which had been running Pi-Hole ad blocker.   So now,
> everything on my home network is using straight DNS whithout any blocking.
>
> Yipes!  It is astounding how MANY ads there are, how targeted they are
> at me, how frequently offensive they are, and how absolutely
> overwhelming they are.  Worse, they take several seconds to load on my
> 45 MBit FiOS connection, which means the web page rebuilds itself while
> I'm trying to read it.   Yech!!!!
>
> This is the same reason I gave up on cable TV years ago.  I'd rather pay
> for Amazon Prime or Netflix than be bombarded by so much targeted (and
> frequently offensive!) ad content.
>
> What a sorry state the web is.  I guess there is no free lunch, and ads
> pay the bills, but what an unpleasant experience.   I'm especially
> confused by sites like slashdot, which techy people (who presumably
> block most ads) visit.  Do the advertisers know that most sane people
> block their ads?
>
> I don't have a solution to the larger problem, but I'm gonna rebuild my
> pi-hole machine ASAP.
>
> Rant mode off.
>
>
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