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What ad blocker do you use and why?
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lobste.rs
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colinprince
on June 29, 2023
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jqpabc123
on June 29, 2023
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I don't understand the fascination with DNS based blockers?
Is it not trivial to bypass these by simply hard coding a numeric IP address?
forbiddenlake
on June 30, 2023
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Yes, but not all devices can use a different method. For example on Android, ublock is only available for Firefox.
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Is it not trivial to bypass these by simply hard coding a numeric IP address?