With Chromium-based browsers adopting MV3 which is known to be less effective at blocking ads, how many users have moved to DNS filtering instead for ad-blocking? Like not even bothering adding more extensions and using uBlockDNS instead? It seems like unless you need cosmetic filtering or per-page …

if you are going to make a weird, seemingly ai generated, ad for an adblocker at least don’t provide a link to an unofficial website. please make sure to get ublock from its proper source [image] GitHub - gorhill/uBlock: uBlock Origin - An efficient blocker for Chromium... uBloc…

I generally use both DNS filtering and an ad blocker; they complement each other well. Although DNS level blocking is useful, it’s not as capable as ad blocker extensions because it can’t block ads, web elements, and trackers from the same domain as effectively. dns is more like a perimeter wall.

To confirm, other than a similar sounding name, this has NOTHING to do with ublock origin or Raymond hill. Correct?

Yeah, they state so on their website that they are not related to uBlock Origin.

It’s not an ad, it’s a question. Thanks for clarifying the link I posted earlier, it wasn’t linking to the right site.

Every reputable source I have read has said to use both DNS blocking with a content blocker. And that has been my setup with zero major issues for a few years now. I also would recommend against using some random DNS service like the one you linked to. Stick with something like NextDNS, Control D, …

What’s sketch about it? open source client with code in a Github repository and has filtering lists like Hagezi that you mentioned. Why not try reading the FAQs?

[image] anon16634871: MV3 which is known to be less effective at blocking ads, how many users have moved to DNS filtering instead for ad-blocking Um, literally no one? DNS can only block web requests, not scripts, page elements, etc. I don’t know if DNS blocking alone is even 10% as effective…

I am a bit suspicious on how this is free? And i think the fact they “stole" the ublock name is quite unfortunate. On the positive side it is good to see more NextDNS like offerings.

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This is categorically false. You are expected to have evidence to support such claims. See:

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