<story><title>Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements</title><url>https://pi-hole.net/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ChikkaChiChi</author><text>Pi-hole is my most prized addition to my connected home.  It was simple to set up, easy to manage, and easy to access for whitelisting.  Now, all of my devices throughout my network benefit from the service, as opposed to relying on locally installed solutions.&lt;p&gt;If you aren&amp;#x27;t using it, you should!</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>loudtieblahblah</author><text>I see it as an advantage for all the devices on your network.  I mean, to block trackers from Windows computers, or Roku devices or android apps.&lt;p&gt;But as an adblocker - I feel like I&amp;#x27;m missing something.  It acts as a DNS server for your local network and blocks what&amp;#x27;s essentially a host file.&lt;p&gt;So how does it handle ads served through websockets?&lt;p&gt;How does it handle ads that come from the same domain as legitimate content (which is increasingly common)?&lt;p&gt;The complexity of rulesets by addons like ublock origin or PrivacyBadger seem to far surpass what PiHole is capable of.&lt;p&gt;I think PiHole has it&amp;#x27;s place on a network - obviously, but people have been promoting this thing like you can just get rid of your adblocker on your browser now.&lt;p&gt;People also downplay that this can be a pain in a home with a handful a streaming devices, each with a handful of apps.  You end up whitelisting so much for those devices, you might as well whitelist the whole device just so the apps can work.&lt;p&gt;Your wife downloads a game on her phone, and you get that look like &amp;quot;ok, why isn&amp;#x27;t this working.. what did you do now?&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;It just seems like a lot of effort for fairly imperfect results.&lt;p&gt;Sure installation is easy, but long term maintenance (the OS, the app, constantly whitelisting or troubleshooting when a new service or app breaks for someone in the house).</text></comment>
<story><title>Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements</title><url>https://pi-hole.net/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ChikkaChiChi</author><text>Pi-hole is my most prized addition to my connected home.  It was simple to set up, easy to manage, and easy to access for whitelisting.  Now, all of my devices throughout my network benefit from the service, as opposed to relying on locally installed solutions.&lt;p&gt;If you aren&amp;#x27;t using it, you should!</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>programbreeding</author><text>Over 50% of my DNS queries get blocked by the pihole [0]; and I&amp;#x27;ve seen it much higher. Like you said, it&amp;#x27;s one of the most prized devices on my network.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;i.imgur.com&amp;#x2F;dPZzYjL.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;i.imgur.com&amp;#x2F;dPZzYjL.png&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>